Posted on 01/24/2012 6:45:23 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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.
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[Credit & Copyright: Bjørn Jørgensen]
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I see a bald Eagle! :-)
Spooky cool!
Amazing!! And again, thanks for posting these. I’ve saved all of your space photos in iPhoto and have shown them to my family.
So refreshing with all the bad news out there, the constant debates and political garbage.
Keep ‘em coming!!
Cool ... it looks like the bow carving on a Viking ship.
Cool ... it looks like the bow carving on a Viking ship.
Well, that’s appropriate for Norway! :-)
Wow, its two angels kissing
Let us hope that is a good omen...!
Thanks SC.
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