Nocturnal play

We rarely see northern lights here in the southern part of the country, but yesterday they danced above us for several hours. I took these pictures from my balcony without a tripod, so the quality is poor, but hopefully next time I have a proper equipment for the job.

"The origin of the northern lights has various explanations in folklore and mythology. The Finnish name for the northern lights "revontulet" is associated with the arctic fox. According to a folk tale, an arctic fox is running far in the north and touching the mountains with its fur, so that sparks fly off into the sky as the northern lights. Another version of the story says the fox throws the northern lights up into the sky by sweeping snow upwards with its tail. A more developed version then explains how moonlight is reflected from the snowflakes swept up into the sky by the fox's tail."
From thisisFinland