by APOD Robot » Sat Jul 04, 2015 4:10 am
Aurora Australis
Explanation: Not fireworks, these intense shimmering lights still danced
across Earth's night skies late last month, seen here
above the planet's geographic south pole. The stunning
auroral displays were triggered as a coronal mass ejection blasted from the Sun days earlier impacted the magnetosphere, beginning a widespread geomagnetic storm.
The six fisheye panels were recorded with digital camera and battery in a heated box to guard against -90 degree F ambient temperatures of the
long winter night. Around the horizon are south pole
astronomical observatories, while beyond the Aurora Australis stretch the stars of the southern Milky Way.
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