In the too beautiful and glorious country of Norway, near the urban centre of Tromsø, two celestial spectacles occurred simultaneously in mid-September on one fateful night. Through a low green aurora shined a red one, the two overlapping to create a strange violet that streaked the sky (don't ask me how red and green make purple!). Then, bursting through the painted sky, the brightest fireball ever recorded by astronomer's eyes shot through the atmosphere, the meteor gifting the distant peak of Otertinden of the Lyngen Alps with a glowing halo round its peak. Several other times in history has such an event been recorded--numerous times in the Tromsø area--however this particular image offers a stunning reflection of the sky in the Signalelva River, as seen in the foreground.
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