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Ask a met: What causes the colours of the northern lights?
Published on Mar. 28, 2022, 6:24 PM
Updated on Dec. 4, 2023, 1:31 PM
Learn about the ingredients that combine to bring us Canada's greatest light show.
From pink, to blue, to yellow, to green: what causes the colours of the northern lights, or aurora borealis?
In the latest edition of #AskAMet, Weather Network meteorologist Nicole Karkic breaks it all down. Watch the video above to learn more.
If you have a weather-related question on your mind, send it to @weathernetwork using the hashtag #AskAMet!
Video production by April Walker. Thumbnail image courtesy: Joe Gilker.