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[quote="Nuitsacrees"]Thank you to appreciate, it was a magical moment :) . In addition to the text, a video that shows the dynamics of the today's APOD picture and a few other surprises ... : http://vimeo.com/106804189[/quote]
Thank you for the video as well as the outstanding photo.

Thank you to appreciate, it was a magical moment :) . In addition to the text, a video that shows the dynamics of the today's APOD picture and a few other surprises ... : http://vimeo.com/106804189

Yes, it looks like something out of Mordor, or at least like something at the outskirts of Mordor. Beware of getting closer!

Although that friendly blue-white sky lantern of Alkaid does offer some hope.

Ann

[quote="Arborist"]Looks like something out of Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings. Simply fantastic, and non-fiction, too.[/quote]
Exactly what I was thinking!

Looks like something out of Tolkein’s Lord of the Rings. Simply fantastic, and non-fiction, too.

Awesome display...

And Simply Awesome combination of phenomena going on...

Fire and Ice!

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Wow, that's a unique picture. It incorporates the most diverse set of APOD subjects I recall seeing. Light Pillars, volcano, aurora & stars. Without the description, I'd swear it was a sunset/sunrise. Amazing shot.

[url=http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap140923.html][img]http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/S_140923.jpg[/img] [size=150]Aurora and Volcanic Light Pillar[/size][/url]

[b] Explanation: [/b] That's no sunset. And that thin red line just above it -- that's not a [url=http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110818.html]sun pillar[/url]. The red glow on the horizon originates from a [url=http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap100210.html]volcanic eruption[/url], and the red line is the eruption's reflection from fluttering [url=http://www.atoptics.co.uk/halo/lpil.htm]atmospheric ice[/url] crystals. This unusual volcanic [url=http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap131218.html]light pillar[/url] was captured over [url=http://www.iceland.is/]Iceland[/url] earlier this month. The [url=http://vimeo.com/106804189]featured scene[/url] looks north from [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B6kuls%C3%A1rl%C3%B3n]Jökulsárlón[/url] toward the erupting volcano [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A1r%C3%B0arbunga]Bárðarbunga[/url] in the [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holuhraun]Holuhraun[/url] lava field. Even the foreground sky is picturesque, with textured grey [url=http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/what-are-clouds-k4.html]clouds[/url] in the lower atmosphere, shimmering green [url=http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap131118.html]aurora[/url] in the upper atmosphere, and bright stars far in the distance. Although the last eruption from Holuhraun was in 1797, the present [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holuhraun#mediaviewer/File:B%C3%A1r%C3%B0arbunga_Volcano,_September_4_2014_-_15145866372.jpg]volcanic activity[/url] continues.

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