Posted on 03/16/2016 4:37:13 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Explanation: All of the other aurora watchers had gone home. By 3:30 am in Iceland, on a quiet night last September, much of that night's auroras had died down. Suddenly though, a new burst of particles streamed down from space, lighting up the Earth's atmosphere once again. This time, unexpectedly, pareidoliacally, they created an amazing shape reminiscent of a giant phoenix. With camera equipment at the ready, two quick sky images were taken, followed immediately by a third of the land. The mountain in the background is Helgafell, while the small foreground river is called Kaldá, both located about 30 kilometers north of Iceland's capital Reykjavik. Seasoned skywatchers will note that just above the mountain, toward the left, is the constellation of Orion, while the Pleiades star cluster is also visible just above the frame center. The new aurora lasted only a minute and would be gone forever -- possibly dismissed as an embellished aberration -- were it not captured in the featured, digitally-composed, image mosaic.
[Credit and Copyright: Hallgrimur P. Helgason; Rollover Annotation: Judy Schmidt]
The Big One
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Wow...fantastic.
Whoa! Awesome!
Can you imagine being some primitive standing on an ice-covered plain in the middle of an arctic night and seeing that?
Well, not sure Iceland has any actual birds, so... ;’)
Hella cool neato . .
Una Paloma Blanca
George Baker
WHEN THE SUN SHINES ON THE MOUNTAINS
AND THE NIGHT IS ON THE RUN
IT’S A NEW DAY
IT’S A NEW WAY
AND I FLY UP TO THE SUN
I CAN FEEL THE MORNING SUNLIGHT
I CAN SMELL THE NEW MOWN HAY
I CAN HEAR GOD’S VOICES CALLING
FROM THE GOLDEN SKYLIGHT WAY
UNA PALOMA BLANCA
I’M JUST A BIRD IN THE SKY
UNA PALOMA BLANCA
OVER THE MOUNTAINS I FLY
NO ONE CAN TAKE MY FREEDOM AWAY
ONCE I HAD MY SHARE OF LOSING
ONCE THEY LOCKED ME ON A CHAIN
YES, THEY TRIED TO BREAK MY POWER
OH, I STILL CAN FEEL THE PAIN
UNA PALOMA BLANCA
I’M JUST A BIRD IN THE SKY
UNA PALOMA BLANCA
OVER THE MOUNTAINS I FLY
NO ONE CAN TAKE MY FREEDOM AWAY
INSTRUMENTAL INTERLUDE
WHEN THE SUN SHINES ON THE MOUNTAINS
AND THE NIGHT IS ON THE RUN
IT’S A NEW DAY
IT’S A NEW WAY
AND I FLY UP TO THE SUN
UNA PALOMA BLANCA
I’M JUST A BIRD IN THE SKY
UNA PALOMA BLANCA
OVER THE MOUNTAINS I FLY
NO ONE CAN TAKE MY FREEDOM AWAY
UUH UUH
Stunning, I hope this is for Trump. A foreshadowing of the country’s years ahead.
Thanks SC.
FMCDH(BITS)
http://www.iceland-nh.net/birds/
https://guidetoiceland.is/nature-info/birds-in-iceland
Good links to birds in Iceland.
I was going to say I knew of one - Ptarmigan - but Holy Smoke - there’s a bunch of them.
My husband was stationed there in the middle fifties and that’s the only one he mentioned....guess he didn’t see others or know their names. Who would?
Beautiful - thanks.
WOW, WOW, WOW, WOW, WOW!!!!!!
Can you imagine standing underneath that? I’d probably fall over in a dead faint from the thrill. LOL
pareidoliacally
an embellished aberration
digitally-composed
image mofaik
For a second there I thought my mind was playing tricks on me.
Hey, every developed country has frozen chickens. ;’)
General Tso had the secret
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