This week, North America was audience to an unusually large and powerful solar storm, which created dazzling Northern Lights across larges swaths of the continent.

Indeed, from Canada down to Arizona and even Florida, the aurora borealis was visible.

Photographer Daniel Forster was ready, and captured some truly stunning views of the colorful sky over Colorado’s Garden of the Gods.

The photos below showcase the extent of the vibrant aurora, which look astounding behind the craggy rock formation outside of Colorado Springs.

A stunning view of reddish-pink auroras illuminating the night sky above dramatic rock formations, with greenish hues blending in the background.
A vibrant night sky displaying auroras with shades of pink and green above rugged rock formations and a mountainous landscape.
A dramatic landscape featuring tall rock formations illuminated by a vibrant pink and green sky with stars visible.

See more of Forster’s work on his website, where you can buy prints. His Instagram is full of visual inspiration, as well.

A vibrant night sky displaying the northern lights with hues of green and pink over rocky formations and a forested landscape.

All images © Copyright Daniel Forster. Used with permission.


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Ben VanderVeen is the founder and editor of Moss & Fog, one of the web’s longest-running visual culture destinations. Since 2009, he’s been finding and framing the most beautiful, surprising, and thought-provoking work in art, architecture, design, and nature — reaching over 325,000 readers each month. He lives in Portland, Oregon.

3 Comments

  1. Lawrence Monteiro

    The kaleidoscopic colors bring to mind the following lyric from Beatles song, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds –
    ‘With tangerine trees and marmalade skies’.

  2. butterfly9591

    I love northern lights big fan gorgeous colors just wow.

  3. Beautiful, So Colorful, Wonderful, Outstanding; I love it.

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