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APOD: Planet Aurora Borealis (2012 Jan 28)
Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2012 5:06 am
by APOD Robot
Planet Aurora Borealis
Explanation: Illuminated by an eerie greenish light, this remarkable little planet is covered with ice and snow and ringed by tall pine trees.
Of course, this little planet is actually planet Earth, and the surrounding stars are above
the horizon near Ă–stersund, Sweden. The pale greenish illumination is from a curtain of
shimmering Aurora Borealis also known as the Northern Lights. The display was triggered when a giant solar
coronal mass ejection (CME) rocked
planet Earth's magnetosphere on January 24th and produced a strong geomagnetic storm. Northern hemisphere skygazers will also recognize the familiar
orientation of stars at the left, including the Pleiades and Hyades star clusters and the
stars of Orion. Increasing solar activity has caused recent auroral displays to be wide spread, including
Aurora Australis, the Southern Lights, at high southern latitudes.
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Re: APOD: Planet Aurora Borealis (2012 Jan 28)
Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2012 5:25 am
by owlice
What a cold and snowy little planet, and oh, what heavens it has!
Re: APOD: Planet Aurora Borealis (2012 Jan 28)
Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2012 6:08 am
by islader2
Re: APOD: Planet Aurora Borealis (2012 Jan 28)
Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2012 6:23 am
by bystander
You would think solons would get their facts straight. This is not an old picture, it is from only
4 days ago and it's the first time it's been seen on APOD.
APOD Robot wrote: on January 24th
Re: APOD: Planet Aurora Borealis (2012 Jan 28)
Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2012 6:24 am
by starstruck
Magnificent!
Congratulations to the photographer, it must have been a wonderful sight to have seen, especially on his birthday, very beautifully presented and now selected as his third APOD!
Re: APOD: Planet Aurora Borealis (2012 Jan 28)
Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2012 2:12 pm
by orin stepanek
An unusual picture; very well done.
I also liked the vimeo of the Southern lights.
http://vimeo.com/35630244
Re: APOD: Planet Aurora Borealis (2012 Jan 28)
Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2012 4:40 pm
by Mr Man
So I guess we should just check Spaceweather.com to see what you will post in a few days. You guys seem on a slide for the past few months.
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Re: APOD: Planet Aurora Borealis (2012 Jan 28)
Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2012 6:29 pm
by Joe_L
I must confess, these overtly digitally-manipulated shots give me the creeps. They seem almost entirely antithetical to what APOD is really about, IMO, as if some person's Photoshop skills are more noteworthy than what's really up there...
Re: APOD: Planet Aurora Borealis (2012 Jan 28)
Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2012 6:53 pm
by anonymousalternative
So much to complain about a no-cost, daily-updated, volunteer-driven, ad-free website with high quality space pictures and well written explanations! Geez
Yes, the picture is up on Spaceweather, another amazing free space resource, and yes, it's the second manipulated 'little world' APOD in recent memory, but personally I'm willing to overlook those details, not like anybody forces me to check the pictures every day!
Re: APOD: Planet Aurora Borealis (2012 Jan 28)
Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2012 8:10 pm
by islader2
Re: APOD: Planet Aurora Borealis (2012 Jan 28)
Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2012 8:20 pm
by islader2
@ ANONYMOUS+++ There is no doubt that APOD is a work of art provided by dedicated {and sometimes testy volunteers}. But==Someone has to take on the onerous task of sifting the grain from the chaff at the risk of getting "chaffted."
Re: APOD: Planet Aurora Borealis (2012 Jan 28)
Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2012 10:18 pm
by luigi
A projection of a photo is not a manipulation is just a geometrical projection of a real photo. If you can understand an image flipped then you can understand it projected in a sphere.
It's a fantastic photo, the human figure gives it a touch of magic and also some sense of humor.
Congrats to another great APOD.
Re: APOD: Planet Aurora Borealis (2012 Jan 28)
Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2012 10:39 pm
by cmflyer
Joe_L wrote:I must confess, these overtly digitally-manipulated shots give me the creeps. They seem almost entirely antithetical to what APOD is really about, IMO, as if some person's Photoshop skills are more noteworthy than what's really up there...
i was thinking this is from a fish-eye lens, and the only photoshopping is to get rid of the tripod. Or maybe the camera was attached to a balloon! {Why do people have to whine so much. Oh, this is the internet.}
Re: APOD: Planet Aurora Borealis (2012 Jan 28)
Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2012 12:11 am
by biddie67
Obviously this photo isn't a leading-edge technological exploration of some element of the Universe.
BUT ...
It does give rise to the possibility to, first, enjoy an unexpected perspective of our home, the Earth, in this Universe.
Secondly, and maybe more importantly, it encourages those folks dealing with the raw data from those leading-edge technologies to take different and unexpected perspectives in their analysis ~~ an alternate view just might discover some surprising and valuable information. (After, of course, persuing their standard rigorous analysis.)
Re: APOD: Planet Aurora Borealis (2012 Jan 28)
Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2012 12:19 am
by TNT
I like the photography technique used for making the landscape look like a small planet that the photographer is standing on.
Re: APOD: Planet Aurora Borealis (2012 Jan 28)
Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2012 12:35 am
by FloridaMike
anonymousalternative wrote:So much to complain about a no-cost, daily-updated, volunteer-driven, ad-free website with high quality space pictures and well written explanations! Geez
There are those who do, and then there are those who vetch. Ne're the twain shall meet...
Re: APOD: Planet Aurora Borealis (2012 Jan 28)
Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2012 12:41 am
by owlice
islader2 wrote:@ ANONYMOUS+++ There is no doubt that APOD is a work of art provided by dedicated {and sometimes testy volunteers}. But==Someone has to take on the onerous task of sifting the grain from the chaff at the risk of getting "chaffted."
islader2, since you think you are the one to "take on the onerous task of sifting the grain from the chaff," please do, by creating your own website and separating the grain from the chaff to your heart's content there. I would be most interested to see what you would come up with. Kindly post the URL when you're ready to share your selections. Looking forward to it; thanks!
Re: APOD: Planet Aurora Borealis (2012 Jan 28)
Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2012 4:04 am
by geckzilla
Apologies for being off topic, but...
islader2: Could you please just make an account on the forum and stop posting as a guest? You've made well over 100 posts already. I would like to communicate with you via PMs about something.