The world's first 3D film of the Northern Lights is to be shown at the National Space Centre.

The event, in the Shuttle Suite, will also feature Dr Darren Wright and Professor Stan Cowley, of the University of Leicester, and poet Siobhan Logan.

It follows a sell-out show at London's Science Museum. Professor Cowley, of the university's radio and space plasma physics group, said: 'Science may tell us of the mechanisms of the auroras but another language is required to express our reaction to the sight of flickering lights over frozen landscapes."

Logan spent three years writing about the Northern Lights, also known as aurora borealis, before she got to see them for herself in October 2008.

Dr Wright, lecturer in the university's physics and astronomy department, said: "We are always very interested to encounter ways in which aurora are expressed artistically and bring our knowledge of them into the public forum."

The show features photography of the Northern Lights, music from the Saami people of northern Scandinavia, poems and the work of Brian McClave, a film-maker who collaborated with physicist George Millward to create the piece. The performance at the National Space Centre takes place on February 23 at 7.30pm. Tickets are free but entry is by ticket only. 

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