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by JohnCHeglin
Mon Sep 30, 2013 9:28 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Mysterious Green Patches on the Sky (2013 Sep 30)
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Re: APOD: Mysterious Green Patches on the Sky (2013 Sep 30)

First, the film was taken in a region of the continent that I have never been to. It appears the film was taken facing south. This makes an aurora unlikely. It most resembles the descriptions of air glow, but I suspect otherwise. My guess is that it is a reflection of auroral light off of high cloud...