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Astronomy Picture of the Day - A Triply Glowing Night Sky over Iceland
NASA ^
| 15 Aug, 2023
| Credit & Copyright: Wioleta Gorecka; Text: Natalia Lewandowska (SUNY Oswego)
Posted on 08/15/2023 12:44:16 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: The Sun is not the quiet place it seems. It expels an unsteady stream of energetic electrons and protons known as the solar wind. These charged particles deform the Earth's magnetosphere, change paths, and collide with atoms in Earth's atmosphere, causing the generation of light in auroras like that visible in green in the image left. Earth itself is also geologically active and covered with volcanoes. For example, Fagradalsfjall volcano in Iceland, seen emitting hot gas in orange near the image center. Iceland is one of the most geologically active places on Earth. On the far right is the Svartsengi geothermal power plant which creates the famous human-made Blue Lagoon, shown emitting white gas plumes. The featured composition therefore highlights three different sky phenomena, including both natural and human-made phenomena.
TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: nasa
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To: MtnClimber
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posted on
08/15/2023 12:44:33 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
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Pinging the APOD list.
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posted on
08/15/2023 12:45:12 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
Hot gas and steam.................
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posted on
08/15/2023 12:49:50 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: MtnClimber
“Earth itself is also geologically active and covered with volcanoes.”
Damm that Moon. When are they going to do something about that?
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posted on
08/15/2023 12:53:53 PM PDT
by
Seruzawa
("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
To: MtnClimber
I’m assuming that all three were going at the same time, and the photographer didn’t get combine any images. Iceland is an interesting place.
A lot going on there.
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posted on
08/15/2023 12:54:28 PM PDT
by
telescope115
(I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
To: Seruzawa
Volcanoes need to quit spewing greenhouse gasses and become greenhouse ferns!
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posted on
08/15/2023 12:56:06 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
(For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
To: Red Badger
You forgot the energetic plasma.
CC
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posted on
08/15/2023 1:13:28 PM PDT
by
Celtic Conservative
(My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
To: Seruzawa
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posted on
08/15/2023 1:27:15 PM PDT
by
Jamestown1630
("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
To: MtnClimber
Explanation: The Sun is not the quiet place it seems.
The Sun is a vast thermonuclear explosion held together by gravity. Who ever thought of it as "the quiet place"?
To: Jamestown1630
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posted on
08/15/2023 3:59:50 PM PDT
by
Seruzawa
("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
To: MtnClimber
That is the Icelandic Bellagio
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posted on
08/15/2023 9:30:58 PM PDT
by
minnesota_bound
(Need more money to buy everything now)
To: MtnClimber
What about the light from the city? That should get a mention as well.
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posted on
08/15/2023 10:52:46 PM PDT
by
Sawdring
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