You cannot witness the electric colors of the Northern Lights to the naked eye. You really can only see their true colors through a camera lens of some sort, and here's why.
How lucky have we been that in recent months the northern lights, aka aurora borealis, have made several appearances over the skies of Maine? See the amazing photo taken by a Maine photographer.
Let's start at the basics. You've heard it on the news before, and you've seen the beautifully-colored photos on Instagram before, but what does it all mean?