Skip to comments.
Amazing time-lapse video: Aurora Borealis at Tromvik Norway (12 hours ago)
Vimeo Video ^
| January 22, 2012
| Helge Mortensen
Posted on 01/22/2012 9:27:58 PM PST by bd476
click here to read article
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-27 last
To: SunkenCiv
21
posted on
01/23/2012 5:46:41 AM PST
by
randita
To: bd476
22
posted on
01/23/2012 6:28:39 AM PST
by
ml/nj
To: ml/nj; randita; SunkenCiv; R. Scott; Sea Parrot; mylife; Alamo-Girl; mnehring; ...
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day
Aurora borealis over Norway January 24, 2012
January Aurora Over Norway Image Credit & Copyright: Bjørn Jørgensen
Explanation: What's that in the sky? An aurora. A large coronal mass ejection occurred on our Sun five days ago, throwing a cloud of fast moving electrons, protons, and ions toward the Earth.
Although most of this cloud passed above the Earth, some of it impacted our Earth's magnetosphere and resulted in spectacular auroras being seen at high northern latitudes. Pictured above is a particularly photogenic auroral corona captured last night above Grotfjord, Norway.
To some, this shimmering green glow of recombining atmospheric oxygen might appear as a large eagle, but feel free to share what it looks like to you. This round of solar activity is not yet over -- a new and even more powerful solar flare occurred yesterday that might provide more amazing aurora as soon as tonight.
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day
23
posted on
01/24/2012 3:00:11 AM PST
by
bd476
To: bd476
Looks like it was directly overhead.
24
posted on
01/24/2012 3:30:47 AM PST
by
R. Scott
(Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink)
To: bd476
25
posted on
01/24/2012 3:32:25 AM PST
by
rintense
To: bd476
I was chuckling to myself after seeing that one yesterday, thinking that it looks almost like an eagle. The beak isn’t quite there, but it’s close. And then the thought struck me... that given enough time of human history, one of these must have made a pretty reasonable facsimile of a face... and scared the devil out of someone.
26
posted on
01/24/2012 12:57:45 PM PST
by
RingerSIX
(My wife and I took an AIDS vaccine that they offer down at our Church.)
To: bd476
Thank you so much for the beautiful photo!
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-27 last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson