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Credit & Copyright: Stephane Vetter
(Nuits sacrees)
Explanation:
The longer you look at
this image, the more you see.
Perhaps your eye is first drawn to the picturesque waterfall called
Skogarfoss
visible on the image right.
Just as prevalent, however, in this
Icelandic visual extravaganza,
is the colorful arc of light on the left.
This chromatic bow is not a rainbow, since the water
drops did not originate in rainfall nor are they
reflecting light from the Sun.
Rather, the drops have drifted off from
the waterfall and are now
illuminated by the nearly
full Moon.
High above are the faint green streaks of
aurora.
The scene, captured one night last month, also shows a beautiful starscape far in
the background, including the
Big Dipper, part of the constellation of the Great Bear
(Ursa Major).
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Based on Astronomy Picture
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Publications with keywords: water - rainbow - aurora
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See also:
- Aurora Australis and the International Space Station
- APOD: 2024 June 26 Á Timelapse: Aurora, SAR, and the Milky Way
- APOD: 2024 June 12 Á Aurora over Karkonosze Mountains
- APOD: 2024 May 20 Á Aurora Dome Sky
- Aurora Banks Peninsula
- APOD: 2024 January 14 Á Dragon Aurora over Iceland
- APOD: 2024 January 3 Á A SAR Arc from New Zealand