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Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Flowing Auroras Over Norway
NASA ^ | June 09, 2013 | (see photo credit)

Posted on 06/09/2013 6:21:43 AM PDT by SunkenCiv

Explanation: Have you ever seen an aurora? Auroras are occurring again with increasing frequency. With the Sun peaking at its eleven year maximum in aurora-triggering activity, it is exhibiting a greater abundance of sunspots, flares, and coronal mass ejections. Solar activity like this typically expels charged particles into the Solar System, some of which impact Earth's magnetosphere and trigger Earthly auroras. In late 2010, the above timelapse displays of picturesque auroras were captured above Tromso, Norway. Curtains of auroral light, usually green, flow, shimmer and dance as energetic particles fall toward the Earth and excite atoms of air high up in the Earth's atmosphere. There may even be opportunities to see auroras tonight, as recent solar explosions have triggered numerous aurora sightings over the past few days.

June 09, 2013

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TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; astronomy; norway; science
[Credit & Copyright: Tor Even Mathisen; Music: Per Wollen; Vocals: Silje Beate Nilssen]

1 posted on 06/09/2013 6:21:43 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: brytlea; cripplecreek; decimon; bigheadfred; KoRn; Grammy; married21; steelyourfaith; Mmogamer; ...
Well, this was one of those "second mile" APoD postings. Geez.

2 posted on 06/09/2013 6:22:35 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (McCain would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Just Think.

If Bush had signed the Kyoto Thingy, we would not have been treated to these beautiful Atmospheric Disturbances.

But Wait! These aren’t caused by Global Warming?

Never Mind.


3 posted on 06/09/2013 6:25:33 AM PDT by left that other site (You Shall Know the Truth, and the Truth Shall Set You Free...John 8:32)
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To: left that other site

;’)


4 posted on 06/09/2013 7:22:13 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (McCain would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Fallout from Norwegian nuclear testing. They’re ruthless.


5 posted on 06/09/2013 7:42:04 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: SunkenCiv

“Auroral light.....shimmer and dance......and excite atoms”.

Oh, so it’s like an atomic strip club. Where do you put the dollar bills?


6 posted on 06/09/2013 8:53:25 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: SunkenCiv

Isn’t that one of those “captcha” images ??


7 posted on 06/09/2013 11:54:45 AM PDT by mikrofon ("To prove that you're not a robot..." ;)
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To: SunkenCiv
"Have you ever seen an Aurora?"

No, but if you see her, could you get her recipe for Chicken Pepperoni ?

8 posted on 06/09/2013 12:06:42 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: mikrofon

What is a “captcha” image?


9 posted on 06/09/2013 1:11:00 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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To: little jeremiah

They're those pics used on some sites to verify that you're a person signing in & not a program that can detect Text on a page.

10 posted on 06/09/2013 2:57:40 PM PDT by mikrofon ("To prove that you're not a robot..." ;)
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To: mikrofon

Oh, thank you.


11 posted on 06/09/2013 3:57:28 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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