Northern Lights puzzles are free online jigsaw puzzles of the aurora borealis, glowing green, pink and violet over snowy mountains and Arctic villages.
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
Northern Lights over Kirkjufell, Iceland
Iceland 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.
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