Posted on 03/10/2015 6:25:20 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Explanation: Several key conditions came together to create this award-winning shot. These included a dark night, few clouds, an epic auroral display, and a body of water that was both calm enough and unfrozen enough to show reflected stars. The featured skyscape of activity and serenity appeared over Iceland's Vatnajökull Glacier a year ago January, with the Jökulsárlón Iceberg Lagoon captured in the foreground. Aurora filled skies continue to be common near Earth's poles as our Sun, near Solar Maximum, continues to expel energetic clouds of plasma into the Solar System.
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[Credit and Copyright: James Boardman Woodend (Images Inspired by Nature)]
WOW! BUMP!
Thot this was the anatomy picture of the day??
Wow!! It doesn’t even look like something from this earth!
Beautiful! Thanks for sharing.
Surreal.
Yet another affirmation that there IS a God.
‘Looks very “Bifrosty” ;)
Iceland truly presents some breathtaking scenery ...
I’ve always wanted to go to Iceland....now I want to be THERE!!! Unbelievable!
Auroras can be quite serious business up here in the north, especially because some have more than others.
That is so beautiful - I must share this with friends.
Thanks!
Thank you for the post and ping, Sir.
That is an astonishing picture, not a photograph that can be taken or even seen most of the time. It’s a special treat just to see it.
Your APOD posts are the best.
Absolutely stunning!
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