JigsawNorthern Lights Puzzles
Northern Lights puzzles are free online jigsaw puzzles of the aurora borealis, glowing green, pink and violet over snowy mountains and Arctic villages.
Southern Lights over a Lake, Tasmania
Southern Lights over the Hills of Canterbury, New Zealand
Northern Lights near Kirovsk, Khibiny Mountains
Northern Lights over the Tundra, Teriberka
Northern Lights over the Shore at Hvammstangi, Iceland
Northern Lights over Þórsmörk, Iceland
Northern Lights over Snowy Hills near Reykjavík
Northern Lights over the Mountains of Nusfjord, Lofoten
Aurora over Hamnøy, Lofoten
Northern Lights over Kulusuk, East Greenland
Northern Lights over Nuuk, Greenland
Pink and Green Aurora over Glen Coe, Scotland
Northern Lights over Whitehorse, Yukon
Tent under the Aurora on McHugh Peak, Anchorage
Northern Lights at Chena Hot Springs, Fairbanks
Colourful Aurora over Naryan-Mar, Russia
Northern Lights over a Mountain Lake, Canada
Northern Lights over Tipis, Yellowknife
Red Cottage under the Northern Lights, Finland
Northern Lights over a Tent in Abisko, Sweden
Aurora above Snowy Peaks, Myrland, Lofoten
Northern Lights over the Lofoten Islands
Northern Lights over a Fjord, Tromsø
Northern Lights near Lake Mývatn, Iceland
About Northern Lights
The aurora is best seen from September to March on dark, clear nights, under the ring around the North Pole called the auroral oval. Our puzzles travel to the most famous places to watch it: Kirkjufell and Lake Mývatn in Iceland, Tromsø and the Lofoten Islands in Norway, Abisko in Swedish Lapland, northern Finland, Yellowknife in Canada and the Russian Arctic.
The lights appear when particles from the sun, carried by the solar wind, strike the upper atmosphere some 100 to 300 kilometres above the ground. Oxygen glows green and, higher up, red, while nitrogen adds blue and violet. In the southern hemisphere the same lights are called the aurora australis. Every puzzle comes with a short text about the place where it was taken.
Tip for northern lights puzzles: start with the land and the buildings, which have clear shapes, then sort the sky by colour, from bright green to dark blue, and build the aurora band by band. Pick a picture, choose the number of pieces and watch the sky come together.