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Credit & Copyright: Stephane Vetter
(Nuits sacrees)
Explanation:
If not distracted by the picturesque landscape, waterfalls, stars, and auroras,
you might be able to find Comet PANSTARRS.
The above image, capturing multiple terrestrial and
celestial wonders in a single shot, was taken last week in southwest
Iceland.
The popular
Gullfoss waterfalls
are pictured under brilliant auroras that followed a M1-class
solar flare and powerful
Coronal Mass Ejection two days earlier.
Give up on locating the comet?
Comet PANSTARRS
is faintly visible as a light blip
just above
the horizon toward the left of the
above image.
The comet remains more
directly visible to northern observers with binoculars
looking toward
the western sky just after sunset.
Gallery:
Comet PANNSTARS
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Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: aurora
Publications with words: aurora
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