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Credit & Copyright: Jan Safar
(Brno Observatory)
Explanation:
The past week brought some spectacular aurora to northern skies.
These
aurorae were caused by a large interplanetary shock wave that
exploded from the Sun on April 4.
When the shock wave reached the Earth on April 6,
the resulting aurora
could be seen in clear skies as far south as
North Carolina.
As the
aurorae occurred high in the
Earth's atmosphere,
they were accompanied by an
unusual alignment of planets
far in the background.
Pictured above that night, an unusual
multicolored auroral display
graced the skies above the domes of the
Brno Observatory in the
Czech Republic.
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See also:
- 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
- Prominences and Filaments on the Active Sun