<p>Campers gaze in awe as an <a href="http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/space/universe/auroras-heavenly-lights/">aurora</a> seems to embrace a snow-covered hill in <a href="http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/countries/canada-guide/">Canada</a>'s Northwest Territories, seen in a picture recently submitted to National Geographic's My Shot.</p><p>"I should have been sleeping, but I was like a kid in a candy store with excitement," photographer Dave Brosha wrote with his submission. "Bloody hell, the north is a beautiful place."</p>

Canadian Eye Candy

Campers gaze in awe as an aurora seems to embrace a snow-covered hill in Canada's Northwest Territories, seen in a picture recently submitted to National Geographic's My Shot.

"I should have been sleeping, but I was like a kid in a candy store with excitement," photographer Dave Brosha wrote with his submission. "Bloody hell, the north is a beautiful place."

Photograph by Dave Brosha, My Shot

Space Pictures This Week: Aurora Embrace, Shuttle Carrier

Northern lights hug Canada, a NASA jet prepares for shuttle delivery, Mars pits are exposed, and more in the week's best space pictures.

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