Northern Lights in the Moonlight 
The powerful reverse image brings together rich colours and detailed engraving to recreate the breathtaking beauty of a winter night in Nunavut’s Auyuittuq National Park. With the imposing vertical cliff of Thor Peak looming in the background, two Baffin Island wolves (Canis lupus manningi) stand upslope in the frozen river valley where they lift their muzzles to the sky and release their howl into the crisp air. Nature’s most colourful light show seems to move to this haunting serenade as the aurora borealis arches overhead, bridging the tall granite peaks and the wolves. The full effect of the coin is best viewed in the dark after placing it in a light source for 30 to 60 seconds; this enhances the ethereal quality of the aurora borealis by adding a varying intensity of green, yellow, pink and orange hues, while recreating the soft glow of a moonlit night on the snow-covered landscape below.
This coin is the second issue of the In the Moonlight collection.
The first coin of the series, releasedin May 2015, depicts the Moonlight Fireflies.
The second coin of the series, released in January 2016, depictsthe Northern Lights in the Moonlight.

IN THE MOONLIGHT - NORTHERN LIGHTS IN THE MOONLIGHT - 2016 CANADIAN COINS 02 is categorised COINS AND PAPER MONEY / 08- ROYAL CANADIAN MINT / 02- FINE SILVER and sold by l'Imaginaire, a store and specialised website.