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[quote="Anthony Barreiro"]I would love to see this series of images as a time lapse video.[/quote]

As would I Anthony. Hey, look at the coming attractions for tomorrows apod:

[quote]Tomorrow's picture: time-lapse[/quote]

Maybe we'll get our wish manana.

Wow.

I would love to see this series of images as a time lapse video.

The last image (far right) looks like an eagle in flight to me. I see why the Native Inuit's revere these lighte as Totem Spirit Lights

The last image on the right reminds me of M-Theory and colliding membranes. The parallel field lines illuminated by the aurora make a decent model of the membranes. The dancing motion of field lines represent the gyrations of the membranes and suggest the possibilities of collision as speculated in M-Theory. I guess the big question is, what is the process analogous to the magnetic field that gives rise to the membranes?

[quote="orin stepanek"]Awesome! :thumb_up: :thumb_up: :clap: :clap: :yes:[/quote]

Exactly.


[quote="Guest"]I created this[/quote]

We doubt it.

Awesome! :thumb_up: :thumb_up: :clap: :clap: :yes:

WOW....looks like it knotted up, and then burst forth....spectacular.

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I created this

[url=http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap131228.html][img]http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/S_131228.jpg[/img] [size=150]Alaska Aurora Sequence[/size][/url]

[b] Explanation: [/b] A remarkably intense auroral band flooded the northern night with [url=http://www.exploratorium.edu/learning_studio/auroras/difcolors.html]shimmering colors[/url] on December 7. [url=http://twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3004399]The stunning sequence[/url] captured here was made with a camera fixed to a tripod under cold, clear skies near Ester, just outside of Fairbanks, Alaska. Left to right, spanning a period of about 30 minutes, the panels follow changes in the dancing curtains of northern lights extending [url=http://odin.gi.alaska.edu/FAQ/#altitude]to altitudes[/url] of over 100 kilometers in a band arcing directly overhead. The panels span 150 degrees vertically, covering about 500 kilometers of aurora laying across the sky from edge to edge. The auroral activity was triggered by a moderate level geomagnetic storm, as a high speed solar wind stream buffeted [url=http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap121011.html]planet Earth's[/url] magnetosphere.

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