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  • Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Waterfalls, Auroras, Comet: Iceland

    03/26/2013 2:31:45 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 20 replies
    NASA ^ | March 26, 2013 | (see photo credit)
    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...