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Credit & Copyright: Juha Kinnunen
Explanation:
For much of the month of October, traveling shock waves
from the Sun and
solar wind gusts have buffeted
planet Earth's magnetosphere.
As a result, skywatchers at high latitudes in the northern hemisphere
were treated to many
displays of the
aurora borealis or northern lights.
For example, on the first of October this
particularly ghostly
apparition was photographed
looming above the horizon near the town
of Inari in northern Finnish Lapland.
But the solar wind is dying down for now.
So if you just happen to be out tonight and you see such a specter
haunting your skies ... it may not be
an
aurora.
Have a safe and
happy
Halloween!
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A service of: LHEA at NASA / GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: aurora
Publications with words: aurora
See also:
- APOD: 2024 January 14 Á Dragon Aurora over Iceland
- APOD: 2024 January 3 Á A SAR Arc from New Zealand
- APOD: 2023 December 12 Á Aurora and Milky Way over Norway
- The SAR and the Milky Way
- APOD: 2023 November 5 Á Creature Aurora Over Norway
- APOD: 2023 October 22 Á Ghost Aurora over Canada
- APOD: 2023 April 19 Á Auroral Storm over Lapland