This HuffPost Canada page is maintained as part of an online archive.

Northern Lights In Canada Are Stunning From Province To Territory

Look at them dance!

Damn Canada, you look beautiful lit up.

If you've been lucky enough to catch Canada's gorgeous northern lights, which can range from purple to green to pink, you know how stunning they are in real life.

These "dancing lights" are caused by collisions between particles in the Earth's atmosphere and ones in the sun, the Northern Lights Centre notes.

"Variations in colour are due to the type of gas particles that are colliding. The most common auroral colour, a pale yellowish-green, is produced by oxygen molecules located about 60 miles above the earth," the centre adds.

And while they are more common in northern territories like Yukon and Nunavut, and northern parts of provinces like Quebec and Manitoba, as you will notice in the images below, they can be visible in many Canadian cities.

And if you just need something soothing and meditative, check out the video above with a full time lapse of the northern lights in Churchill, Man.

Here are 32 amazing images of the northern lights from coast to coast.

British Columbia
TRACY KNAUER via Getty Images
Aurora Borealis above the Cassiar Mountains.
British Columbia
John E Marriott via Getty Images
Camping under the northern lights in Muskwa Kechika Wilderness.
British Columbia
Preserved Light Photography via Getty Images
Okanagan Lake.
Yukon
naphakm via Getty Images
Northern lights over a tent in the Yukon Territories.
Yukon
Tom Walker via Getty Images
Band or arc of Aurora Borealis in the winter sky in the Yukon Territories.
Yukon
Pi-Lens via Getty Images
Strong northern lights over downtown Whitehorse.
Northwest Territories
Joseph Van Os via Getty Images
Beautiful lights over a cabin in Northwest Territories.
Northwest Territories
Robert Postma via Getty Images
Fort Simpson in the Northwest Territories.
Northwest Territories
Robert Postma via Getty Images
Full moon in Yellowknife.
Nunavut
Paul Souders via Getty Images
Aurora Borealis glows in the night sky above the C-Dory expedition boat in the northern Hudson Bay.
Nunavut
John E Marriott via Getty Images
An array of northern lights in Arviat, Nunavut.
Nunavut
John E Marriott via Getty Images
Purple and green skies in Nunavut.
Alberta
Nata-K via Getty Images
Aurora Borealis caused by heavy geomagnetic storm in Vilna.
Alberta
Alan Dyer/Visuals Unlimited, Inc. via Getty Images
An Aurora Borealis resulting from a major solar flare in Alberta in 2001.
Alberta
Miles Ertman via Getty Images
Star trails and northern lights over Peyto Lake in Banff National Park.
Saskatchewan
bobloblaw via Getty Images
Aurora Borealis over a lake in Saskatchewan.
Saskatchewan
Mark Duffy via Getty Images
Green lights in Saskatchewan.
Saskatchewan
Cameron Schaus via Getty Images
Northern lights over a field in Saskatchewan.
Manitoba
Barcroft via Getty Images
The Aurora Borealis in Northern Manitoba.
Manitoba
Barcroft via Getty Images
The Aurora Borealis in Northern Manitoba.
Manitoba
Yvette Cardozo via Getty Images
Northern lights above an igloo outside Churchill.
Ontario
Orchidpoet via Getty Images
Spectacular and brilliant Aurora brightening up the sky and beach near Parry Sound.
Ontario
Mike Grandmaison via Getty Images
Northern lights in Sudbury.
Ontario
Orchidpoet via Getty Images
Aurora Borealis over treeline in Bowmanville
Quebec
Dennis Flaherty via Getty Images
The Aurora Borealis seen at Charlie Lake in the Nunavik region of Northern Quebec.
Quebec
Per Breiehagen via Getty Images
Aurora Borealis over a lake in Schefferville
Prince Edward Island
Lionel Stevenson via Getty Images
Aurora Borealis in Prince Edward Island.
Prince Edward Island
Lionel Stevenson via Getty Images
Aurora Borealis in Prince Edward Island.
Nova Scotia
shaunl via Getty Images
Faint northern lights glow over a still Nova Scotian lake.
Nova Scotia
RyersonClark via Getty Images
Northern lights near Mahone Bay.
Nova Scotia
shaunl via Getty Images
The northern lights shimmer in silence over a remote lake in Nova Scotia.
Newfoundland And Labrador
Christopher Peter Sampson via Getty Images
Northern lights at Torngat Mountains National Park.
Close
This HuffPost Canada page is maintained as part of an online archive. If you have questions or concerns, please check our FAQ or contact support@huffpost.com.