A Silent and Beautiful All-Sky Aurora Borealis Time-Lapse

This beautiful silent time-lapse from Stéphane Guisard shows Aurora Borealis in the skies over Yellowknife, Canada. Discover Magazine's Bad Astronomy blog describes what you're watching:

The slowly-moving stars of the Big Dipper and other constellations take a back seat (nearly literally) to the eerie green and red glowing ribbons created when the Earth’s magnetic field fires subatomic particles down into our atmosphere. Of course, when the three-week-old Moon rises, it dominates the scene, but not for long...

Finally, as the video draws to a close you can see Venus hanging just behind the sickle of Leo’s head, a sure sign the Sun won’t be long to rise. And on cue it does, lighting the sky and washing away the glory of the magnetic storm going on overhead.

Watch below.