Skip to comments.
Astronomy Picture of the Day - In Green Company: Aurora over Norway
NASA ^
| 10 Feb, 2026
| Image Credit & Copyright: Max Rive
Posted on 02/10/2026 11:54:34 AM PST by MtnClimber
Explanation: Raise your arms if you see an aurora. With those instructions, two nights went by with, well, clouds -- mostly. On the third night of returning to same peaks, though, the sky not only cleared up but lit up with a spectacular auroral display. Arms went high in the air, patience and experience paid off, and the creative featured image was captured as a composite from three separate exposures. The setting is a summit of the Austnesfjorden (a fjord) close to the town of Svolvear on the Lofoten islands in northern Norway. The year was 2014. This year, our Sun is just passing solar maximum, the peak in its 11-year surface activity cycle. As expected, some spectacular auroras have recently resulted.
TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; nasa
To be added or removed from the Astronomy Picture of the Day ping list please send me a request via "Private Reply" (Mail). For more detail go to the link and click on the image for a high definition image. You can then move the magnifying glass cursor then click to zoom in and click again to zoom out. When zoomed in you can scan by moving the side bars on the bottom and right side of the image.
2
posted on
02/10/2026 11:54:59 AM PST
by
MtnClimber
(For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
To: 21stCenturion; 21twelve; 4everontheRight; A Navy Vet; A_perfect_lady; abb; AFB-XYZ; AFPhys; ...
Pinging the APOD list
🪐 🌟 🌌 🍔
3
posted on
02/10/2026 11:55:45 AM PST
by
MtnClimber
(For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
To: MtnClimber
4
posted on
02/10/2026 11:57:43 AM PST
by
No name given
( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
To: MtnClimber
Absolutely mind-boogling wrote Big Sis once.
To: MtnClimber
6
posted on
02/10/2026 12:08:44 PM PST
by
AFB-XYZ
(( We have two options: 1. Stand up, or 2. Bend over))
To: MtnClimber
Okay, that one’s a contest winner.
7
posted on
02/10/2026 12:09:46 PM PST
by
alancarp
(George Orwell was an optimist.)
To: MtnClimber
8
posted on
02/10/2026 12:15:35 PM PST
by
PGalt
(Past Peak Civilization?)
To: alancarp
To: alancarp
Okay, that one’s a contest winner.It would be EXCEPT for the self-promoting human figure at the top of the mountain. APOD has got to stop this sort of thing because it blatantly destroys the integrity of the photographs.
10
posted on
02/10/2026 1:22:23 PM PST
by
plsvn
To: MtnClimber
That is a striking photograph! Love the green…..
11
posted on
02/10/2026 1:39:30 PM PST
by
telescope115
(Ad Astra, Ad Deum…)
To: George from New England
**Smells of AI**
Well, at least some time lapse, when looking at the solid white line of light on the highway.
12
posted on
02/10/2026 1:51:57 PM PST
by
Zuriel
(Acts 2:38,39....Do you believe it?)
To: George from New England
It predates A.I. This photo has been used on the APOD before.
13
posted on
02/10/2026 1:52:01 PM PST
by
Nateman
(Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
To: George from New England
Yeah the guy wasn’t there, but suck a cool shot
14
posted on
02/10/2026 2:20:12 PM PST
by
pghoilman
(Earth First. We'll drill the rest of the galaxy later.)
To: pghoilman
15
posted on
02/10/2026 2:20:51 PM PST
by
pghoilman
(Earth First. We'll drill the rest of the galaxy later.)
To: MtnClimber
Reminds of Charles Heston in Ten Commandments
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson
