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Credit & Copyright: James Boardman Woodend
(Images Inspired by Nature)
Explanation:
Several key conditions came together to create this
award-winning
shot.
These included a dark night, few clouds, an epic auroral display, and a body of water
that was both calm enough and unfrozen enough to show reflected stars.
The featured
skyscape of activity and serenity appeared over
Iceland's
VatnajÆkull Glacier
a year ago January, with the
JÆkulsÀrlÑn Iceberg
Lagoon captured in the foreground.
Aurora
filled
skies continue to be
common near Earth's
poles as our Sun,
near Solar Maximum, continues to expel
energetic clouds of
plasma into the Solar
System.
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Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: aurora
Publications with words: aurora
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