The colors of the aurora depends on the altitude. At 50 and 110 miles, the most common aurora color is green, which occurs at altitudes of around 60 to 190 miles (100 to 300 kilometers).

Other colors, and why cameras see them better While green is the most common color to see in the aurora, and red the second most common, there are also other colors. In particular, ionized ...

will cause a burst of light which we see as the aurora. What color we experience depends on which gases are involved and where it happens. Green northern lights, the most common, occur when ...