The spectacle of the northern lights brimming over a snowy hilltop makes this shot look like heaven on earth.
Snapped by Dave Brosha at Great Slave Lake in Canada’s Northwest Territories, the ribbon of green casts a stark contrast against the inky darkness of the night sky.
Brosha told National Geographic: "I should have been sleeping, but I was like a kid in a candy store with excitement.
"Bloody hell, the north is a beautiful place.”
The heavenly glow of the aurora borealis is caused by storms erupting on the surface of the Sun, which throw matter towards Earth.
Click below for more of Brosha's magical shots.
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The spectacle of the northern lights brimming over a snowy hilltop makes this shot look like heaven on earth.
Snapped by Dave Brosha at Great Slave Lake in Canada’s Northwest Territories, the ri...
The spectacle of the northern lights brimming over a snowy hilltop makes this shot look like heaven on earth.
Snapped by Dave Brosha at Great Slave Lake in Canada’s Northwest Territories, the ri...
It was so nice of them to cover 30% of the gorgeous photos with a translucent gray vertical blind on the left, so we can't see the whole image. They've ruined the slideshow for little reason; one can't save them with a right click of the mouse anyway! Property rights run amok!
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Huffington Post UK | By Sara C Nelson Posted: 13/04/2012 16:02 Updated: 13/04/2012 16:36