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Astronomy Picture of the Day - Creature Aurora Over Norway
NASA ^
| 5 Nov, 2023
| Image Credit & Copyright: Ole C. Salomonsen (Arctic Light Photo)
Posted on 11/05/2023 11:35:01 AM PST by MtnClimber
Explanation: It was Halloween and the sky looked like a creature. Exactly which creature, the astrophotographer was unsure (but possibly you can suggest one). Exactly what caused this eerie apparition in 2013 was sure: one of the best auroral displays that year. This spectacular aurora had an unusually high degree of detail. Pictured here, the vivid green and purple auroral colors are caused by high atmospheric oxygen and nitrogen reacting to a burst of incoming electrons. Birch trees in Tromsø, Norway formed an also eerie foreground. Frequently, new photogenic auroras accompany new geomagnetic storms.
TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: nasa
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11/05/2023 11:35:25 AM PST
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MtnClimber
(For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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Pinging the APOD list.
🪐 🌟 🌌 🍔
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11/05/2023 11:36:07 AM PST
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MtnClimber
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Is it the duck that has come to peck us to death?
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11/05/2023 11:37:02 AM PST
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MtnClimber
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posted on
11/05/2023 11:48:19 AM PST
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No name given
(Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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posted on
11/05/2023 11:50:48 AM PST
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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Thank you MinClimber!
Just gorgeous!
PING to a pal who loves The Northern Lights!
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11/05/2023 12:18:06 PM PST
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MS.BEHAVIN
(Women who behave rarely make history.)
To: MtnClimber
In His house in Rl’yeh, dead Cthulhu lies dreaming.
(cthulhu akhbar!?)
To: MtnClimber
Magnificent. Capital “M”.
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posted on
11/05/2023 12:23:34 PM PST
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AFB-XYZ
(Two options: 1) Stand up, or 2) Bend over)
To: MtnClimber
In His house in Rl’yeh, dead Cthulhu lies dreaming.
(cthulhu akhbar!?)
To: MtnClimber
Frequency, Energy, Vibration.
Tesla knew the Universe was more Electrical in nature than we have even yet realized.
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posted on
11/05/2023 12:27:27 PM PST
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EasySt
(Say not this is the truth, but so it seems to me to be, as I see this thing I think I see. #MAGA- )
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[Let not your heart be troubled]
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posted on
11/05/2023 1:00:14 PM PST
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null and void
(If you support monsters you will die in the cross fire.)
To: MtnClimber
There are supposed to be lower latitude visible auroras tonight...
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11/05/2023 1:01:48 PM PST
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null and void
(If you support monsters you will die in the cross fire.)
To: MtnClimber
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posted on
11/05/2023 4:35:49 PM PST
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CopperTop
(Outside the wire it's just us chickens. Dig?)
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11/05/2023 5:44:50 PM PST
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dadgum
(Enough!)
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