Popsugar Living Space Best Photos of the Northern Lights 20 Breathtaking Photos of the Northern Lights That Will Give You Serious Wanderlust 4 June 2021 by Emily Weaver Image Source: Getty / Elena Pueyo The northern lights (or aurora borealis) are widely known as one of Mother Nature's most beautiful works of art and deserving of an entry on anyone's adventure bucket list. In order to catch the celestial light show in action, light gazers must travel above the Earth's magnetic poles to countries like Iceland, Greenland, Canada, and Norway — though there was a rare moment in 2020 when the northern lights were visible from the US, stretching from Washington to northern Iowa and across to upstate Maine. If international travel isn't in your immediate future — or you're still debating whether to put this natural wonder on your bucket list — these breathtaking photos of the northern lights will make you want to book a trip as soon as you possibly can. Image Source: Getty / Chalermkiat Seedokmai 1 / 23 Image Source: Getty / Marc Marchal 2 / 23 Image Source: Getty / Natthawat 3 / 23 Image Source: Getty / Arctic-Images 4 / 23 Image Source: Getty / Noppawat Tom Charoensinphon 5 / 23 Image Source: Getty / Daniel Viñé Garcia 6 / 23 Image Source: Getty / Steffen Schnur 7 / 23 Image Source: Getty / Vincent Demers Photography 8 / 23 Image Source: Getty / Hak Liang Goh 9 / 23 Image Source: Getty / Elena Pueyo 10 / 23 Image Source: Getty / WanRu Chen 11 / 23 Image Source: Getty / Arctic-Images 12 / 23 Image Source: Getty / Friðþjófur M. 13 / 23 Image Source: Getty / Piriya Photography 14 / 23 Image Source: Getty / Noppawat Tom Charoensinphon 15 / 23 Image Source: Getty / golf was here 16 / 23 Image Source: Getty / surangaw 17 / 23 Image Source: Getty / beijingstory 18 / 23 Image Source: Getty / Marc_Hilton 19 / 23 Image Source: Getty / Natapong Supalertsophon 20 / 23 Image Source: Getty / Diana Robinson Photography 21 / 23 Image Source: Getty / Nick_Pandevonium 22 / 23 Image Source: Getty / Chalermkiat Seedokmai 23 / 23 Smart LivingAstronomical EventsTravel