Northern Lights: The Science, Myth, and Wonder of Aurora Borealis

Sasquatch Books, 2001 - Nature - 127 pages

Electric green pierced by neon blue, shocking pink spinning into violent red, and shimmering purple sidled up against deep indigo: never before have you seen such high-octane colors in the sky, and never before has a book shown the northern lights-aurora borealis-in such vivid color. In Northern Lights, photographers Calvin Hall and Daryl Pederson bring to print nearly a hundred photographs of this amazing natural phenomenon, shot from remote locations all over Alaska and using no filters or digital enhancement. Just as fascinating are the legends, myths, and science surrounding this polar phenomenon, described by George Bryson. As 2002 marks the peak viewing time of the northern lights in an eleven-year cycle, this book brings the elusive magic of the northern lights to stargazers near and far.

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User Review  - Xleptodactylous - LibraryThing

Northern Lights focuses on the sky phenomena Aurora Borealis, a Northern-Hemisphere light show that occurs as charged particles enter the atmosphere and causes ionisation. Put simply, the solar winds ...

Amazing photography

User Review  - drumminpunk - Borders

If you're looking for a collection of some of the finest photos of the Aurora Borealis, look no further. For someone like myself, who lives too far south to witness the spectacular northern lights, this book satisfies my curiosity 110%.

About the author

Hall is best known for his nature photography and images of the northen lights. He has published work in National Geographic Adventure, Esquire, Alaskan Magazine, among others. He lives in Anchorage.

Pederson has been photographing the northern lights since the 1980s. He owns his own photography studio in Anchorage and lives in Girdwood, Alaska.

George Bryson is the Author of a primer on Calvinism entitled The Five Points of Calvinism-Weighed and Found Wanting and the director of Calvary Chapel Church Planting Mission. George and his wife Debbi make their home in Oceanside, California. George Bryson is the author of a primer on Calvinism entitled The Five Points of Calvinism-weighed and Found Wanting and the director of Calvary Chapel Church Planting Mission. George and his wife Debbi make their home in Oceanside, California.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Northern Lights: The Science, Myth, and Wonder of Aurora Borealis
• Photographs by: Calvin Hall, Daryl Pederson
• Contributor: George Bryson
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Sasquatch Books, 2001
• ISBN: 1570612900, 9781570612909
• Length: 127 pages
• Subjects: Nature / Sky Observation; Photography / Photoessays & Documentaries; Photography / Subjects & Themes / Plants & Animals; Science / Earth Sciences / General; Science / Physics / Geophysics