by APOD Robot » Sun Oct 09, 2022 4:06 am
Auroras over Northern Canada
Explanation: Gusting
solar winds and
blasts of charged particles from the Sun resulted in several rewarding nights of
auroras back in 2014 December, near the peak of the last 11-year
solar cycle. The
featured image captured dramatic auroras stretching across a sky near the town of
Yellowknife in
northern Canada. The
auroras were so bright that they not only
inspired awe, but were easily visible on an image exposure of only 1.3 seconds. A
video taken concurrently shows the dancing sky lights evolving in real time as tourists, many there just to see
auroras, respond with
cheers. The
conical dwellings on the image right are
tipis, while far in the background, near the image center, is the
constellation of Orion. Auroras may increase again over the next few years as
our Sun again approaches
solar maximum.
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