Amazing photos of the northern lights

Photos of the Northern Lights have always inspired me. It is one thing that I have never shot but definitely on my list of things to do one day! The movement of the light and color are just fascinating and there are so many amazing images out there of this very cool part of nature. Here is a little intro to what the northern lights are from wikipedia:

Auroras, sometimes called the northern and southern (polar) lights or aurorae (singular: aurora), are natural light displays in the sky, usually observed at night, particularly in the polar regions. In northern latitudes, the effect is known as the aurora borealis, named after the Roman goddess of dawn, Aurora, and the Greek name for north wind, Boreas, by Pierre Gassendi in 1621.[1] The aurora borealis is also called the northern polar lights, as it is only visible in the sky from the Northern Hemisphere, with the chance of visibility increasing with proximity to the North Magnetic Pole. Its southern counterpart, the aurora australis or the southern polar lights, has similar properties, but is only visible from high southern latitudes in Antarctica, South America, or Australasia.

Here are 10 awesome shots of the Northern Lights to inspire: