Posted on 02/28/2021 3:23:08 PM PST by MtnClimber
Explanation: Yes, but can your tree do this? Pictured is a visual coincidence between the dark branches of a nearby tree and bright glow of a distant aurora. The beauty of the aurora -- combined with how it seemed to mimic a tree right nearby -- mesmerized the photographer to such a degree that he momentarily forgot to take pictures. When viewed at the right angle, it seemed that this tree had aurora for leaves. Fortunately, before the aurora morphed into a different overall shape, he came to his senses and capture the awe-inspiring momentary coincidence. Typically triggered by solar explosions, aurora are caused by high energy electrons impacting the Earth's atmosphere around 150 kilometers up. The unusual Earth-sky collaboration was witnessed in March of 2017 in Iceland.
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Awesome!
Moved that one into the screensaver slideshow on all my computers...
That tree ain’t right.
No, that tree is definitely not right. Somebody should do something about it.
Cat (or rather, cats) at “momentary coincidence”.
Astronomical odds of being there to take a picture on top of the occurrence in the first place.
Not gonna get enough apples off that tree to make even one pie.
Sweet
When I lived in ND, we had Northern lights (think that’s what they were called), but they weren’t big.
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