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Credit & Copyright: LeRoy Zimmerman
(TWAN)
Explanation:
A remarkably intense auroral band flooded the northern night with
shimmering colors on December 7.
The stunning
sequence captured here was made with a camera
fixed to a tripod under cold, clear skies near Ester, just outside
of Fairbanks, Alaska.
Left to right, spanning a period of about 30 minutes, the panels follow
changes in the dancing curtains of northern lights extending
to altitudes
of over 100 kilometers in a band arcing directly overhead.
The panels span 150 degrees vertically, covering about 500 kilometers of
aurora laying across the sky from edge to edge.
The auroral activity was triggered by a moderate level geomagnetic storm,
as a high speed solar wind stream buffeted
planet Earth's magnetosphere.
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A service of: LHEA at NASA / GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: aurora - aurora borealis
Publications with words: aurora - aurora borealis
See also:
- APOD: 2024 February 25 Á A Phoenix Aurora over Iceland
- Northern Lights from the Stratosphere
- APOD: 2024 January 14 Á Dragon Aurora over Iceland
- APOD: 2024 January 3 Á A SAR Arc from New Zealand
- APOD: 2023 December 27 Á Rainbow Aurora over Icelandic Waterfall
- APOD: 2023 December 12 Á Aurora and Milky Way over Norway
- Little Planet Aurora