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Weather’s role in wildfires in Atlantic Canada | SaltWire #weather #climatechange #wildfireseasonBRACKLEY BEACH, P.E.I. — People assembled at Brackley Beach in Prince Edward Island National Park to view the aurora borealis on May 10.
The northern lights, or aurora borealis, were vivid as viewed from Brackley Beach in the Prince Edward Island National Park May 10. - Thinh Nguyen/SaltWireThe visitors were able to view the colours with their naked eyes as well as through cameras on their devices beginning after 11 p.m. and continuing into the early morning hours of May 11.
Charged particles from the sun colliding with gasses in the Earth's atmosphere produce different colours in the northern lights, or aurora borealis. The bright pink is from electrons striking nitrogen, while green is caused by a collision with oxygen, according to the Canadian Space Agency. - Thinh Nguyen/SaltWireWhile the northern lights can be visible in the night sky close to the North Pole any night between August and May, it is rare for the colours to appear so vividly in P.E.I.
Aurora borealis turn the sky over Brackley Beach, P.E.I. into bands of colours. - Thinh Nguyen/SaltWire It has been our privilege to have the trust and support of our East Coast communities for the last 200 years. Our SaltWire team is always watching out for the place we call home. Our 100 journalists strive to inform and improve our East Coast communities by delivering impartial, high-impact, local journalism that provokes thought and action. Please consider joining us in this mission by becoming a member of the SaltWire Network and helping to make our communities better.
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