Northern Lights over Prelude Lake
Explanation:
Curtains of
shimmering green
light sprawl across this gorgeous night skyscape.
In the foreground lies the peaceful Prelude Lake, located about
30 kilometers east of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada.
From high
northern latitudes these mesmerizing northern
lights, also known as the
aurora borealis,
are becoming a
more
familiar sight.
As the September 23rd equinox approaches, nights
grow longer and a favorable
season for aurora begins.
Recorded
on September 11,
this panoramic scene spans about 180 degrees.
Brighter stars peering through the auroral glow at the left
form the recognizable northern asterism,
the
Big Dipper.
A more compact
Pleiades star cluster shines
at the far right.
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Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
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NASA Official: Jay Norris.
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NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
