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Credit & Copyright: Yuichi Takasaka
Explanation:
Last week was another good week for
auroras.
The story began about two weeks ago when two large
Coronal Mass Ejections
exploded off the
Sun.
Waves of elementary particles and
ions swept out past the
Earth
on September 28 and 29, causing many
auroras.
A week ago, a
flapping sheet that divides north and south
regions of the Sun's
magnetic field passed the Earth, again causing auroras.
Pictured above is a particularly good image of one of the
October 1 northern lights.
Taken in
Canada's
Yukon, the city lights of
Whitehorse
are seen below dark clouds and a
twisting green aurora.
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Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: aurora - clouds
Publications with words: aurora - clouds
See also:
- Nacreous Clouds over Sweden
- APOD: 2025 January 7 Á A New Years Aurora and SAR Arc
- APOD: 2024 December 8 Á Aurora around Saturns North Pole
- APOD: 2024 November 19 Á Undulatus Clouds over Las Campanas Observatory
- APOD: 2024 October 16 Á Colorful Aurora over New Zealand
- APOD: 2024 October 13 Á Aurora Timelapse Over Italian Alps
- Northern Lights, West Virginia