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Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Aurora Dog over Alaska
NASA ^
| April 29, 2014
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Posted on 04/29/2014 4:04:47 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Explanation: Sometimes it is hard to believe what you see in the sky. While leading his annual aurora tour last month near Fairbanks in central Alaska, astrophotographer John Chumack and his company saw a most unusual aurora. This bright aurora appeared to change into the shape of a jumping dog, complete with a curly tail. He was able to capture the fleeting natural apparition in the above image with a 15-second exposure through a wide-angle lens. By coincidence, he also captured a background sky filled with familiar highlights. Planets visible include bright Jupiter through the dog's front legs and reddish Mars below the dog's hind legs. Stars visible include the Big Dipper stars above the dog's midsection and reddish Betelgeuse shining on the far right. This dog would not be following him home, however, and within a few minutes morphed into other shapes before the geomagnetic storm particles that created it shifted to strike the Earth elsewhere.
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: alaska; apod; astronomy; aurora; science
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[Credit & Copyright: John Chumack]
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posted on
04/29/2014 4:04:47 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
To: SunkenCiv
Shirley you can’t be Sirius!
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posted on
04/29/2014 4:07:05 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
Beautiful. I saw the most spectacular display on a campout in Canada years ago. Simply amazing.
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posted on
04/29/2014 4:07:59 PM PDT
by
FatherofFive
(Islam is evil and must be eradicated)
To: ClearCase_guy
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posted on
04/29/2014 4:08:22 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: ClearCase_guy
Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse!
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posted on
04/29/2014 4:09:22 PM PDT
by
Hatteras
To: SunkenCiv
My cats are of the opinion that this is an Aurora Cat, as only a cat could be so beautiful. :)
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posted on
04/29/2014 4:10:30 PM PDT
by
machogirl
(First they came for my tagline)
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posted on
04/29/2014 4:14:01 PM PDT
by
SgtBob
(Freedom is not for the faint of heart. Semper Fi!)
To: SunkenCiv
Hmmm
who would've thought that the
Canes Venatici were actually Scotty dogs ;?
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posted on
04/29/2014 4:24:02 PM PDT
by
mikrofon
(APOD Bump)
To: ClearCase_guy
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posted on
04/29/2014 4:41:08 PM PDT
by
DallasDeb
(usafa06mom)
To: SunkenCiv
Behold the majesty of creation!
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posted on
04/29/2014 5:09:06 PM PDT
by
PowderMonkey
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To: SunkenCiv
thankyou so much for bringing us this to the forum...it is most appreciated...
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posted on
04/29/2014 5:12:28 PM PDT
by
cherry
To: SunkenCiv
That’s a once-in-a-lifetime sight. It looks like a cat to me, but beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
The Big Dipper is so clear and bright. What a great photo.
To: TheOldLady
Aurora cat, yeah, I like it.
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posted on
04/29/2014 5:22:49 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv; mabarker1; Chode
Can't beat an east-west synchronized dog poopin'!
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04/29/2014 5:24:48 PM PDT
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SgtBob
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To: mikrofon
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posted on
04/29/2014 5:25:03 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: cherry
My pleasure, and thanks for the kind remarks!
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04/29/2014 5:25:07 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: ClearCase_guy
I am Cerberus, and don’t call me surely.
To: SgtBob
LOLOL!!!
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posted on
04/29/2014 6:19:48 PM PDT
by
Chode
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