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APOD: Aurora and Volcanic Light Pillar (2014 Sep 23)
Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2014 4:07 am
by APOD Robot
Aurora and Volcanic Light Pillar
Explanation: That's no sunset. And that thin red line just above it -- that's not a
sun pillar. The red glow on the horizon originates from a
volcanic eruption, and the red line is the eruption's reflection from fluttering
atmospheric ice crystals. This unusual volcanic
light pillar was captured over
Iceland earlier this month. The
featured scene looks north from
Jökulsárlón toward the erupting volcano
Bárðarbunga in the
Holuhraun lava field. Even the foreground sky is picturesque, with textured grey
clouds in the lower atmosphere, shimmering green
aurora in the upper atmosphere, and bright stars far in the distance. Although the last eruption from Holuhraun was in 1797, the present
volcanic activity continues.
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Re: APOD: Aurora and Volcanic Light Pillar (2014 Sep 23)
Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2014 4:27 am
by alter-ego
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.
Re: APOD: Aurora and Volcanic Light Pillar (2014 Sep 23)
Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2014 4:40 am
by Boomer12k
Awesome display...
And Simply Awesome combination of phenomena going on...
Fire and Ice!
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Re: APOD: Aurora and Volcanic Light Pillar (2014 Sep 23)
Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2014 5:39 am
by Arborist
Looks like something out of Tolkein’s Lord of the Rings. Simply fantastic, and non-fiction, too.
Re: APOD: Aurora and Volcanic Light Pillar (2014 Sep 23)
Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2014 7:54 am
by Markus Schwarz
Arborist wrote:Looks like something out of Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings. Simply fantastic, and non-fiction, too.
Exactly what I was thinking!
Re: APOD: Aurora and Volcanic Light Pillar (2014 Sep 23)
Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2014 8:50 am
by Ann
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
Re: APOD: Aurora and Volcanic Light Pillar (2014 Sep 23)
Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2014 9:08 am
by 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
Re: APOD: Aurora and Volcanic Light Pillar (2014 Sep 23)
Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2014 7:24 pm
by LocalColor
Nuitsacrees wrote: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
Thank you for the video as well as the outstanding photo.
