SEE IT TO BELIEVE IT: Maine Photographer Dave Dostie Does It Again With Incredible Northern Lights Picture
How lucky have we been that in recent months the Northern Lights have made several appearances over the skies of Maine?
According to Space.com, the aurora borealis are caused by the interaction between charged particles from the sun and Earth's magnetic field.
The website says the sun continuously emits a stream of charged particles, primarily electrons and protons, known as the solar wind. The website also says that occasionally, solar storms or coronal mass ejections increase the intensity of these particles
When these particles reach Earth, they are drawn toward the poles by Earth’s magnetic field, which funnels the particles toward the polar regions, where they collide with gas molecules in the atmosphere, according to space.com.
Well, as I was perusing Facebook this morning and seeing dozens of photos of the spectacular northern lights display from Thursday evening (October 10), I scrolled by one that was different than the rest.
This photo was brighter, clearer and far more vivid than anything I had seen.
I thought to myself that this had to be the work of our favorite central Maine photographer, Dave Dostie. And lo and behold, I was right.
According to the post on his Facebook page, Dave was out and about on Thursday evening photographing an assignment in Portland when he took notice of the incredible light show happening in the sky.
Knowing he had limited time, Dave headed to the gorgeous Spring Point Ledge Lighthouse and took out his camera. The result speaks for itself.
And, as always, if you do capture any incredible photos of the light show, make sure you submit them to us through our free station app!
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