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Astronomy Picture of the Day - A Rorschach Aurora
APOD.NASA.gov ^ | 30 Oct, 2021 | Image Credit & Copyright: GΓΆran Strand

Posted on 10/30/2021 8:40:36 PM PDT by MtnClimber

Explanation: If you see this as a monster's face, don't panic. It's only pareidolia, often experienced as the tendency to see faces in patterns of light and shadow. In fact, the startling visual scene is actually a 180 degree panorama of Northern Lights, digitally mirrored like inkblots on a folded piece of paper. Frames used to construct it were captured on a September night from the middle of a waterfall-crossing suspension bridge in Jamtland, Sweden. With geomagnetic storms triggered by recent solar activity, auroral displays could be very active at planet Earth's high latitudes in the coming days. But if you see a monster's face in your own neighborhood tomorrow night, it might just be Halloween.


TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: nasa
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1 posted on 10/30/2021 8:40:36 PM PDT by MtnClimber
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2 posted on 10/30/2021 8:40:57 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: 21stCenturion; 21twelve; 4everontheRight; abb; AFB-XYZ; America_Right; AZ .44 MAG; BBB333; ...
Pinging the APOD list.

πŸͺ 🌟 🌌 πŸ”


3 posted on 10/30/2021 8:42:03 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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Pretty cool, but it’s obviously photoshopped at least somewhat. Just in time for Halloween, though.


4 posted on 10/30/2021 8:43:01 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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I see a green cheese burger...


5 posted on 10/30/2021 9:10:07 PM PDT by null and void (LGBTQ = Let's Get Biden To Quit, FORK-N-A = First Uttery Cancel Kamala-Nancy-Axed)
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To: null and void

I am a bum
A bum I am
That bum I am
I do not like that bum I am

Do you like green burgers and bun?
I do not like them, bum I am
I do not like them here or there
I do not care for that kind of fare


6 posted on 10/30/2021 9:17:09 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: MtnClimber

Poster at a head shop.


7 posted on 10/30/2021 9:39:22 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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I would have been a great LP cover back in the day


8 posted on 10/30/2021 10:43:03 PM PDT by algore ( )
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To: MtnClimber

Oz having a bad-hair day?


9 posted on 10/30/2021 11:44:17 PM PDT by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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To: MtnClimber

Looks like Thomas Kinkade might have painted it.


10 posted on 10/31/2021 5:40:18 AM PDT by sauropod
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