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Credit & Copyright: Stéphane Vetter
(Nuits sacrées)
Explanation:
What spooky
planet is this?
Planet
Earth of course,
on a dark and stormy night in 2013 at
Hverir, a geothermally active
area
along the
volcanic landscape
in northeastern
Iceland.
Triggered by solar activity,
geomagnetic
storms
produced the
auroral display in the starry night sky.
The ghostly towers of steam and gas are venting
from fumaroles
and danced against the eerie greenish light.
For now, auroral apparitions are increasing as
our Sun
approaches a
maximum in its
11 year solar activity cycle.
And pretty soon,
ghostly
shapes may
dance in your neighborhood too.
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Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: aurora - iceland
Publications with words: aurora - iceland
See also:
- APOD: 2025 January 7 Á A New Years Aurora and SAR Arc
- APOD: 2024 December 8 Á Aurora around Saturns North Pole
- APOD: 2024 October 16 Á Colorful Aurora over New Zealand
- APOD: 2024 October 13 Á Aurora Timelapse Over Italian Alps
- Northern Lights, West Virginia
- Aurora Australis and the International Space Station
- APOD: 2024 June 26 Á Timelapse: Aurora, SAR, and the Milky Way