APOD: Creature Aurora Over Norway (2018 Nov 18)

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Creature Aurora Over Norway

Explanation: It was Halloween and the sky looked like a creature. Exactly which creature, the astrophotographer was unsure but (possibly you can suggest one). Exactly what caused this eerie apparition in 2013 was sure: one of the best auroral displays in recent years. This spectacular aurora had an unusually high degree of detail. Pictured here, the vivid green and purple auroral colors are caused by high atmospheric oxygen and nitrogen reacting to a burst of incoming electrons. Birch trees in Tromsø, Norway formed an also eerie foreground. Recently, new photogenic auroras have accompanied new geomagnetic storms.

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[Gerflash1]

In that aurora, I sorta see a newt or salamander.

[neufer]

In that aurora, I sorta see a newt or salamander.

Click to play embedded YouTube video.

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There... I feel much better now.

[howcool1451@yahoo.com]

hummingbird

[wbus209590@aol.com]

Phoenix was the first simile to come to mind.

[francovando]

to me it's a dragon

[yerfandsam]

A displaying peacock

[blackCoffee]

hairy owl

[mister T]

Cecil the Sea Serpent

[JuliaNolet]

Looks like a lamprey eel to me, blowing its own horn.

[tere]

it´s a dragon

[Sa Ji Tario]

I see a grebe

[RANH]

Most definitely a trumpeting dragon, calling to the sky before rising.

[Guest]

clearly a swordfish

[Tee Bee]

The Holy Banana. Left over from the Last Supper. Still not ripe.

[Guest]

Phoenix.

https://www.pixelstalk.net/phoenix-bird ... x&slide=11
https://jeffdavisblog.files.wordpress.c ... hoenix.jpg

[Aromondo3]

A swan, or better yet, a bird of paradise flower.

[harpist@att.net]

A swan

[xerorest]

The serpent Midgaurd. It's an interesting thought I had never considered about the origins of ancient myths of fantastic creature originated from. In a primitive person's eye this would certainly inspire fear and wonder and would require an explanation that would fit into their understanding of the world filled with wolves bears reptiles birds and whatever sea creatures they encountered in real life.

[Dragonwerx]

A cosmic creature, with the body of a shark and the tail of an eel. The tail has breached the surface, and is sending splashes of electrons everywhere.

[Electric Programer]

It's an elusive cosmic swordfish that has breached Earth''s atmosphere for a short time.

[APA]

Yes, Phoenix rising from the ashes.

[Shelle]

giant alien octopus -- we are only seeing one tentacle and top of the head!

[OneWouldThink]

Phoenix

[Pnwharlan]

It looks like a dragon or a hummingbird