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Credit & Copyright: Göran Strand
Explanation:
This sky looked delicious.
Double auroral ovals were captured above the town lights
of
жstersund,
Sweden, last week.
Pictured above, the green ovals occurred lower to the ground than
violet
aurora rays above, making the whole display look a bit like a
cupcake.
To top it off, far in the distance, the
central band or our
Milky Way Galaxy
slants down from the upper left.
The auroras were caused by our Sun ejecting
plasma
clouds into the Solar System just a few days before, ionized particles that
subsequently impacted the
magnetosphere of the Earth.
Aurora
displays may continue this week as an
active sunspot group rotated into view just a few days
ago.
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Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: aurora - Milky Way - Sweden
Publications with words: aurora - Milky Way - Sweden
See also:
- Galaxies in Space
- APOD: 2025 February 9 Б Milky Way over the Australian Pinnacles
- APOD: 2025 January 7 Б A New Years Aurora and SAR Arc
- APOD: 2024 December 8 Б Aurora around Saturns North Pole
- APOD: 2024 November 24 Б Journey to the Center of the Galaxy
- APOD: 2024 November 5 Б Milky Way over Easter Island
- APOD: 2024 October 16 Б Colorful Aurora over New Zealand