The Northern lights exploded in the sky over Norway

Monday, October 23, the night sky above the Norwegian city of Tromso exploded green streaks of the Northern lights. And it's not an artistic figure of speech — atmospheric phenomenon was accompanied by a loud Bang, which later portal Spaceweather said local guide Marcus Varick.

"I realized something was going on, not even looking up. Electrical wires crackled like crazy. We literally could hear a storm," explains the man.

This is not the first evidence of the unusual sound of the Aurora Borealis. For many centuries observers heard the sound of the lights, describing them every time different. Someone compared heard popping, crackling, hissing and even with shots from blasters from the world-famous Saga "Star wars."

"The nearest similar natural sound that comes to my mind is a crackling of ice when you step on it. Or, when the frozen part of the sea crack under the onslaught of the tide," told his version of Markus varik.

Most often, these sounds are heard during intense geomagnetic activity. And although the fact of the sound of the Aurora Borealis, scientists do not dispute, about the physical bases of this phenomenon is still hotly debate.

Marcus Varick notes that faces this phenomenon is not the first time, because it is not the first year carries tourists to admire the Northern lights. According to him, the volume of the "sound" of this atmospheric phenomenon varies in dependence on the brightness of the lights. The loud noises, according to the guide, was during a powerful solar storm March 17, 2015. He also expressed the hope that one day he will be able to record sounds of the Northern lights on the audio.

Translated by «Yandex.Translator»