The Northern lights – from ancient myths to modern science

On October 26, Anja Čović Bilbija, the manager of the project “Capabilities of a smart village”, at the invitation of H.E. Mr. Haakon Blankenborg, Ambassador of Norway, attended a lecture held by a Northern lights expert and a renowed scientist Pål Brekke at the Technical Museum Nikola Tesla in Zagreb.

The multimedia presentation included several clips from a nwe award-winning documentary “The Northern Lights – a Magic Experience” as well as new stunning real time video of the Northern Lights. This stunning phenomenon is deeply embedded in the mythology of many cultures, and in the past, the causes of northern lights were ascribed to everything from dancing spirits to God’s anger. But no one suspected a connection with the Sun until a little more than a hundred years ago, when an eccentric Norwegian scientist, Kristian Birkeland, realized that the Sun bombards the Earth with particles.

The lecture is also available online and you can watch it in the video below.

Source: Lecture: The Northern lights – from ancient myths to modern science – Norway in Croatia