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APOD: January Aurora Over Norway (2012 Jan 24)
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 5:06 am
by APOD Robot
January Aurora Over Norway
Explanation: What's that in the sky? An aurora. A large
coronal mass ejection occurred on our Sun five days ago,
throwing a cloud of fast moving electrons, protons, and ions
toward the Earth. Although most of this
cloud passed above the Earth, some of it impacted our Earth's
magnetosphere and resulted in
spectacular auroras being seen at high northern latitudes. Pictured above is a particularly photogenic
auroral corona captured last night above Grotfjord,
Norway. To some, this
shimmering green glow of recombining atmospheric
oxygen might appear as a large
eagle, but feel free to
share what it looks like to you. This round of solar activity is not yet over -- a new and even more powerful solar flare occurred
yesterday that might provide more
amazing aurora as soon as tonight.
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Re: APOD: January Aurora Over Norway (2012 Jan 24)
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 5:16 am
by beer
This looks like the country of Thailand where I grew up!
Re: APOD: January Aurora Over Norway (2012 Jan 24)
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 5:29 am
by dolfen
This looks like a preliminary act to the really 'big show' to come later this year and into 2013 when our nearest star really kicks up her heals. It ought to be something to behold, perhaps even transformational! Not a thing to fear, but to embrace.
Re: APOD: January Aurora Over Norway (2012 Jan 24)
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 5:38 am
by bystander
Re: APOD: January Aurora Over Norway (2012 Jan 24)
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 5:40 am
by Mactavish
Today’s APOD has an abundance of good links which, in turn, lead to even more great aurora images. The video at
http://vimeo.com/21294655 is especially worth a viewing.
Re: APOD: January Aurora Over Norway (2012 Jan 24)
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 5:47 am
by robolt
The crest of the eagle's head also looks like a slender lion leaping from left to right
Re: APOD: January Aurora Over Norway (2012 Jan 24)
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 5:52 am
by Hugue
It looks like a Jellyfish
Re: APOD: January Aurora Over Norway (2012 Jan 24)
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 6:02 am
by starstruck
Oh, WOW! What a stunning picture! And it seems even more remarkable that such a gorgeous view should have been taken only last night . . how lucky we are to be able to see it so soon. Being quite a keen photographer myself, I can really appreciate the thrill that this photographer must have felt, knowing he had captured such a wonderful view of such an amazing phenomenon. A great composition, with those dramatic mountains beneath the ethereal glow. Beautifully done!
Re: APOD: January Aurora Over Norway (2012 Jan 24)
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 6:09 am
by islader2
Re: APOD: January Aurora Over Norway (2012 Jan 24)
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 6:40 am
by Flase
The largest eagle that ever lived was the
Haast's Eagle. Below is an image of one attacking the giant moa, which grew to 7feet tall. They also sometimes ate the Maori who hunted the moa to extinction.
In some countries, people live amongst tigers and leopards, but you can build fences to keep them out. Imagine living amongst eagles big enough to swoop down and pluck a six-foot man from the street and take off with him. They would probably also like sheep.
![Image](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Giant_Haasts_eagle_attacking_New_Zealand_moa.jpg/300px-Giant_Haasts_eagle_attacking_New_Zealand_moa.jpg)
Re: APOD: January Aurora Over Norway (2012 Jan 24)
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 6:49 am
by Aristaeus
Looks to me like a toadstool.
Re: APOD: January Aurora Over Norway (2012 Jan 24)
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 7:18 am
by agulesin
O' the light of lights!
O' the Illuminator of light!
O' the Creator of light!
O' the Planner of light!
O' the Estimator of light!
O' the Light of all Lights!
O' the Light that proceeds in existence every light!
O' the light that will survive every lights!
O' the Light that is above every light!
O' the Light like of which there is no light!
(cevsenul-kebir)
Re: APOD: January Aurora Over Norway (2012 Jan 24)
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 7:36 am
by Khono
It looks to me like one of the creatures in the movie The Abyss.
http://www.steveburg.com/images/Movie_P ... anta_s.jpg
Re: APOD: January Aurora Over Norway (2012 Jan 24)
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 7:41 am
by Beyond
agulesin wrote:O' the light of lights!
O' the Illuminator of light!
O' the Creator of light!
O' the Planner of light!
O' the Estimator of light!
O' the Light of all Lights!
O' the Light that proceeds in existence every light!
O' the light that will survive every lights!
O' the Light that is above every light!
O' the Light like of which there is no light!
(cevsenul-kebir)
What does--->(cevsenul-kebir) mean
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I cannot type here, what i think of the microsoft Bing translater
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Re: APOD: January Aurora Over Norway (2012 Jan 24)
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 7:54 am
by Guest
Re: APOD: January Aurora Over Norway (2012 Jan 24)
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 7:58 am
by Sinan İpek
Why doesn't he cloud of ions ejected by the Sun neutralise itself in its way towards Earth? It has electrons and protons in it. So they can form neutral atoms, don't you think?
Re: APOD: January Aurora Over Norway (2012 Jan 24)
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 8:14 am
by Beyond
What
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And take all the fun out of being nuked
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Not to mention no more nice Auroras
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Re: APOD: January Aurora Over Norway (2012 Jan 24)
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 8:25 am
by Mizar
It looks like an American Indian, on the top part. The face is on the left with the feathered headdress flowing out to the right.
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Re: APOD: January Aurora Over Norway (2012 Jan 24)
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 8:45 am
by i_berbeu
I agree, it looks more like an American Indian or even only a face that is moving really fast
Re: APOD: January Aurora Over Norway (2012 Jan 24)
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 10:22 am
by Bernard Rooney
Re: APOD: January Aurora Over Norway (2012 Jan 24)
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 10:30 am
by Bernard Rooney
Re: APOD: January Aurora Over Norway (2012 Jan 24)
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 12:43 pm
by Skoot
beer wrote:This looks like the country of Thailand where I grew up!
I came here to say this, except I didn't grow up there... my wife did.
Re: APOD: January Aurora Over Norway (2012 Jan 24)
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 12:45 pm
by stargirl
It looks like a luna moth!
Re: APOD: January Aurora Over Norway (2012 Jan 24)
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 1:00 pm
by Chibi
Year of the Dragon! Emerald Dragon brings prosperity!
Re: APOD: January Aurora Over Norway (2012 Jan 24)
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 1:05 pm
by blackdog
It looks like person bursting through the surface of a body of water.