by APOD Robot » Thu May 16, 2024 4:07 am
Aurora Georgia
Explanation: A familiar sight from Georgia, USA, the Moon sets near the western horizon in this rural night skyscape.
Captured on May 10 before local midnight, the image overexposes the Moon's bright waning crescent at left in the frame. A long irrigation rig stretches across farmland about 15 miles north of the city of Bainbridge.
Shimmering curtains of aurora shine across the starry sky though, definitely an unfamiliar sight for southern Georgia nights. Last weekend, extreme geomagnetic storms triggered by the recent intense activity from solar active region
AR 3664 brought
epic displays of aurora, usually seen closer to the poles, to southern Georgia and even lower latitudes on planet Earth.
As solar activity ramps up, more storms are possible.
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[b] Explanation: [/b] A familiar sight from Georgia, USA, the Moon sets near the western horizon in this rural night skyscape. [url=https://www.instagram.com/wrightdobbs/p/C63j2QrrYSJ/]Captured on May 10[/url] before local midnight, the image overexposes the Moon's bright waning crescent at left in the frame. A long irrigation rig stretches across farmland about 15 miles north of the city of Bainbridge. [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt_XvnVrDco]Shimmering curtains of aurora[/url] shine across the starry sky though, definitely an unfamiliar sight for southern Georgia nights. Last weekend, extreme geomagnetic storms triggered by the recent intense activity from solar active region [url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240515.html]AR 3664[/url] brought [url=https://www.facebook.com/media/set?set=a.431368006258449&type=3]epic displays of aurora[/url], usually seen closer to the poles, to southern Georgia and even lower latitudes on planet Earth. [url=https://blogs.nasa.gov/solarcycle25/]As solar activity[/url] ramps up, more storms are possible.
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