Spectacular Video Captures Northern Lights in Real Time

If you can't make it to Sweden to see the Northern Lights, the next best thing is a new video of the aurora lights compiled from thousands of hours of observations by videographer Chad Blakley.

Blakley captured the glowing green and purple lights of the aurora borealis between 2012 and 2013 from Abisko National Park, one of the world's best spots for sighting the lights. He then compiled his footage in a new way to avoid the normal pitfalls of time-lapse photography and provide a view closer to what the eye would see in real-time.

"The film uses a new time-lapse technique that allows me to show you the auroras in a way that I never thought possible — virtual real time," Blakley told SPACE.com. Read more...