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Credit & Copyright: Lyndon Anderson
(Prairie Journal)
Explanation:
This aurora was a bit of a surprise.
For starters, on this day in 2002, no intense
auroral activity was
expected at all.
Possibly more surprising, however, the
aurora appeared to show an usual structure of green
rays
from some locations.
In
this view, captured from
North Dakota,
USA, a picket fence of green rays stretches toward
the horizon.
Mirroring the green rays is a
red band, somewhat rare in its own right.
Lights from the cities of Bismarck and
Mandan are visible near the horizon.
Note: A German language mirror of APOD is
now available.
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Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
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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
- APOD: 2024 June 12 Á Aurora over Karkonosze Mountains