What could possibly be better than the aurora photos this week? Aurora videos!

Thanks to a rousing Sun, we've had a massive drop in work productivity this week while not wanting to miss any of the live webcams aurora pictures from the Arctic Circle and points further south. And the stills have been gorgeous too.

But this timelapse video by Orjan Bertelsen in Norway trumps them:


Auroras 22.01.12 Birtavarre Norway from Ørjan Bertelsen on Vimeo.

via @Nightskyonline

And then there is this beauty from Lapland in Sweden, by Light Over Lapland:



Lights Over Lapland Photo Expedition video of CME impact on 1-24-2012 from Lights Over Lapland on Vimeo.

A powerful geomagnetic storm creates extreme auroras in the skies above Abisko National Park in Sweden. This video was shot in three hours by Lights Over Lapland photographer Chad Blakley, and shows 8 photographers participating in Lights Over Lapland's aurora borealis photo expedition. We had a fantastic night!! Please visit www.lightsoverlapland.com.

Via @SpaceX

So much beauty and wonder in this world...