Here in western Massachusetts, people saw all different kinds of colors such as red, pink, blue, and green. The aurora borealis occurs when charged protons and electrons are emitted from the sun ...

The northern lights surprise stargazers by appearing in many forms—from patches or scattered clouds, to streamers, arcs, rippling or dancing curtains. The lights move and change shape and color.

Pictured: Stock image of the Aurora Borealis ... They can vary in color depending on the species of atoms being ignited, but tend to give off a green hue from oxygen, and a blue, pink and purple ...

The aurora borealis occurs when charged particles from the sun collide with gases in Earth's atmosphere. These interactions produce the glowing ribbons of color that dance across the night sky ...

Such storms are known to bring the aurora borealis as low as Idaho and New ... the aurorae vary in color depending on the particular species of atoms being excited. As Earth's atmospheric ...