This is the best time of year to catch sight of the Northern Lights—when nights in the Arctic Circle are at their longest and darkest.
Photographer Aryeh Nirenberg was treated to a particularly spectacular display on a New Year's Eve flight from New York City to Iceland's capital city of Reykjavik. And fortunately for all of us, he had a window seat.
Check out Nirenberg's time-lapse video of his flight alongside the aurora borealis below.