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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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& Michigan Tech. U.
Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: aurora - clouds
Publications with words: aurora - clouds
See also:
- APOD: 2024 January 14 Á Dragon Aurora over Iceland
- APOD: 2024 January 3 Á A SAR Arc from New Zealand
- APOD: 2023 December 12 Á Aurora and Milky Way over Norway
- The SAR and the Milky Way
- APOD: 2023 November 5 Á Creature Aurora Over Norway
- APOD: 2023 October 22 Á Ghost Aurora over Canada
- APOD: 2023 August 20 Á A Roll Cloud Over Wisconsin