A documentary by Pål Brekke
What is more beautiful on a cold winter’s night than catching a glimpse of the northern lights or “aurora borealis” dancing across the sky?
The 25 minute documentary takes you on a breathtaking journey through space. By using pedagogic top-quality animations and spectacular solar imagery from NASA satellites it tells the full story of the northern lights from myth to science. The film is packed with interesting historical anecdotes and includes tips about how to take your own stunning aurora photos.
It includes some of the world’s best photography and time lapse sequences of the northern lights. The film is perfectly suited for use at science museums, planetariums, hotels and by aurora tour guide companies.
The documentary is produced by Pål Brekke, an internationally recognized solar physicist and public outreach expert with many years at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Co-producer is the award-winning aurora photographer and popular science writer Fredrik Broms who took all the aurora images and time lapse footageThe film will be introduced by prof. Pål Brekke (in English)
The film is dubbed in Italian.
See the the official trailer of the documentary “The Northern Lights – A Magic Experience”.