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Night LightRibbons of light curl over the town of Yellowknife in northern Canada in a picture of January auroras released this week.The photographer took this image of the aurora-filled sky with an eight-millimeter fisheye lens, creating a "crystal ball" effect.(See pictures of the first big aurora show of 2011.)

[CORRECTION: The original caption incorrectly stated that the picture was a digital composite. Nat Geo News regrets the error.]
Photograph by Kwon O. Chul, TWAN

Space Pictures This Week: Aurora Orb, Galaxy Dance

Auroras ripple over Canada, galaxies tango toward a merger, stars make a "rose" bloom, and more in the week's best space pictures.

Published March 31, 2011