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Credit & Copyright: Max Rive
Explanation:
Raise your arms if you see an aurora.
With those instructions, two nights went by with, well,
clouds -- mostly.
On the third night of returning to same peaks, though,
the sky not only cleared up but lit up with a
spectacular auroral display.
Arms went high in the air, patience and experience
paid
off, and the creative
featured image was captured as a composite from three separate
exposures.
The setting is a summit of the
Austnesfjorden
(a fjord) close to the town of
Svolvear on the
Lofoten islands in northern
Norway.
The year was 2014.
This year, our
Sun
is just passing
solar maximum, the peak in its 11-year
surface activity cycle.
As expected, some
spectacular
auroras have
recently
resulted.
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Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: aurora
Publications with words: aurora
See also:
- APOD: 2025 January 7 Á A New Years Aurora and SAR Arc
- APOD: 2024 December 8 Á Aurora around Saturns North Pole
- APOD: 2024 October 16 Á Colorful Aurora over New Zealand
- APOD: 2024 October 13 Á Aurora Timelapse Over Italian Alps
- Northern Lights, West Virginia
- Aurora Australis and the International Space Station
- APOD: 2024 June 26 Á Timelapse: Aurora, SAR, and the Milky Way