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Astronomy Picture of the Day - Ghost Aurora over Canada
NASA ^
| 22 Oct, 2023
| Image Credit & Copyright: Yuichi Takasaka, TWAN
Posted on 10/22/2023 11:41:12 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: What does this aurora look like to you? While braving the cold to watch the skies above northern Canada early one morning in 2013, a most unusual aurora appeared. The aurora definitely appeared to be shaped like something, but what? Two ghostly possibilities recorded by the astrophotographer were "witch" and "goddess of dawn", but please feel free to suggest your own Halloween-enhanced impressions. Regardless of fantastical pareidolic interpretations, the pictured aurora had a typical green color and was surely caused by the scientifically commonplace action of high-energy particles from space interacting with oxygen in Earth's upper atmosphere. In the image foreground, at the bottom, is a frozen Alexandra Falls, while evergreen trees cross the middle.
TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: nasa
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10/22/2023 11:41:30 AM PDT
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MtnClimber
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10/22/2023 11:42:08 AM PDT
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MtnClimber
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What does this aurora look like to you? An angel and an eagle flying over her?
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10/22/2023 11:54:54 AM PDT
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MtnClimber
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posted on
10/22/2023 11:55:10 AM PDT
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NautiNurse
(His name is Mudd. Mudd Gaetz. )
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posted on
10/22/2023 12:04:24 PM PDT
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Jamestown1630
("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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posted on
10/22/2023 12:05:02 PM PDT
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MtnClimber
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To: NautiNurse
That’s what I thought too.
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posted on
10/22/2023 12:05:58 PM PDT
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No name given
(Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
To: Deaf and Discerning
An angel and an eagle flying over her?
That’s close to what I was thinking.
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posted on
10/22/2023 12:08:16 PM PDT
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telescope115
(I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
To: Deaf and Discerning
An angel and an eagle flying over her? Don't know about the "Deaf" part, but you're definitely "Discerning". Was about to post the same opinion re the image. Heh. ;-)
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10/22/2023 12:10:00 PM PDT
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AFB-XYZ
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Looks like a dove/bird above a person
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posted on
10/22/2023 12:30:48 PM PDT
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b4me
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Statue of Liberty with an eagle just above.
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posted on
10/22/2023 12:34:04 PM PDT
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steve86
(Numquam accusatus, numquam ad curiam ibit, numquam ad carcerem™)
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Looks like a dove/bird above a person You know what doves do when they are above a person, don't you?
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10/22/2023 12:47:22 PM PDT
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MtnClimber
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Jesus didn’t seem to mind, when he was baptized :-)
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10/22/2023 12:50:50 PM PDT
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Jamestown1630
("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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posted on
10/22/2023 1:01:56 PM PDT
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Nifster
( I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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It’s an angel with the Holy Spirit hovering above.
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posted on
10/22/2023 1:31:19 PM PDT
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bimboeruption
(Trump = The best President since Washington. )
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Stylized wizard head: hat with rim over forehead, bulbous nose, handlebar mustache and a *very* long bushy beard...
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10/22/2023 1:39:14 PM PDT
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grey_whiskers
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10/22/2023 3:55:15 PM PDT
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CopperTop
(Outside the wire it's just us chickens. Dig?)
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