Posts tagged "Aurora"
  1. Notes: 59 / 3 months ago  from unknownskywalker
    unknownskywalker: Greater Chicago Metropolitan Area This nighttime image, photographed in Feb. 2, 2012 by one of the members of the Expedition 30 crew from the International Space Station, features the Greater Chicago Metropolitan Area strung along the southwest shore of Lake Michigan. The region is partially covered by clouds, probably low-hanging, or even fog. Meteorologists say there is a fine line between low thin clouds and fog. Fog is not common in the Great Lakes area this time of the year (usually too windy), but this has been an exceptionally mild winter. The faint gold line of airglow—caused by ultraviolet radiation exciting the gas molecules in the upper atmosphere—parallels the horizon or Earth limb. Minor auroral activity (Borealis) is visible in upper right.

    unknownskywalker:

    Greater Chicago Metropolitan Area

    This nighttime image, photographed in Feb. 2, 2012 by one of the members of the Expedition 30 crew from the International Space Station, features the Greater Chicago Metropolitan Area strung along the southwest shore of Lake Michigan.

    The region is partially covered by clouds, probably low-hanging, or even fog. Meteorologists say there is a fine line between low thin clouds and fog. Fog is not common in the Great Lakes area this time of the year (usually too windy), but this has been an exceptionally mild winter.

    The faint gold line of airglow—caused by ultraviolet radiation exciting the gas molecules in the upper atmosphere—parallels the horizon or Earth limb. Minor auroral activity (Borealis) is visible in upper right.

     
  2. Notes: 2 / 3 months ago  from countryboylife
    countryboylife: (via The Best of Russia 2011 photography competition winners - Telegraph)

    countryboylife:

    (via The Best of Russia 2011 photography competition winners - Telegraph)

     
  3. Notes: 129 / 4 months ago  from unknownskywalker
    unknownskywalker: Red Panorama by Tony Prower

    unknownskywalker:

    Red Panorama by Tony Prower

     
  4. Notes: 84 / 4 months ago  from unknownskywalker
    unknownskywalker: US East Coast and Aurora This Jan. 29 panorama of much of the East Coast, photographed by one of the Expedition 30 crew members aboard the International Space Station, provides a look generally northeastward: Philadelphia-New York City-Boston corridor (bottom-center); western Lake Ontario shoreline with Toronto (left edge); Montreal (near center). An optical illusion in the photo makes the atmospheric limb and light activity from Aurora Borealis appear “intertwined.”

    unknownskywalker:

    US East Coast and Aurora

    This Jan. 29 panorama of much of the East Coast, photographed by one of the Expedition 30 crew members aboard the International Space Station, provides a look generally northeastward: Philadelphia-New York City-Boston corridor (bottom-center); western Lake Ontario shoreline with Toronto (left edge); Montreal (near center). An optical illusion in the photo makes the atmospheric limb and light activity from Aurora Borealis appear “intertwined.”

     
  5. Notes: 107 / 4 months ago  from unknownskywalker
    unknownskywalker: Arctic Alps by Ole C. Salomonsen

    unknownskywalker:

    Arctic Alps by Ole C. Salomonsen

     
  6. Notes: 199 / 4 months ago  from unknownskywalker

    unknownskywalker:

    Coronal aurora over Fairbanks, Alaska by Micrometeorologist

    Time-lapse movie of the coronal aurora appeared over Fairbanks, Alaska. Red aurora was also captured. (1:44 - 2:11am AKST, January 22, 2012)

  7. Notes: 101 / 4 months ago  from unknownskywalker

    unknownskywalker:

    Real time footage of aurora in Tromso, Norway

    Photographer Alistair Chapman filmed this incredible footage of the Aurora Borealis in real-time during the peak of the Solar Storm on January 24th. This is not time-lapse, this is how the Northern Lights really can dance and move across the sky. The colours are true as well. He even captured a shooting star at 02:30.

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  9. Notes: 89 / 5 months ago  from unknownskywalker
    unknownskywalker: Epic Alaskan Aurora by Ben Hattenbach

    unknownskywalker:

    Epic Alaskan Aurora by Ben Hattenbach

     
  10. Notes: 12 / 6 months ago  from countryboylife
    countryboylife: Amateur photographer Tommy Eliasson caught this stunning time-lapse image of a meteorite streaking through the Milky Way (above centre) alongside the vibrant colours of the aurora

    countryboylife:

    Amateur photographer Tommy Eliasson caught this stunning time-lapse image of a meteorite streaking through the Milky Way (above centre) alongside the vibrant colours of the aurora

     
  11. Notes: 20 / 6 months ago  from serina
    serina: Ride your bike through the Aurora Borealis, take a walk with the northern lights. [Wallpaper]

    serina:

    Ride your bike through the Aurora Borealis, take a walk with the northern lights. [Wallpaper]

     
  12. Notes: 3601 / 6 months ago  from countryboylife (originally from countryboylife)
    countryboylife: countryboylife: Pictures of the day: 2 February 2010 - Telegraph A powerful outburst of auroras over the open sea at Eggum on the Lofoten islands in Norway. Picture by Bjorn Jorgensen

    countryboylife:

    countryboylife:

    Pictures of the day: 2 February 2010 - Telegraph

    A powerful outburst of auroras over the open sea at Eggum on the Lofoten islands in Norway. Picture by Bjorn Jorgensen


     
  13. Notes: 72 / 6 months ago  from unknownskywalker
    unknownskywalker: Jökulsárlón Lake by Liloni Luca

    unknownskywalker:

    Jökulsárlón Lake by Liloni Luca

     
  14. Notes: 3 / 6 months ago 
    Aurora Borealis over Madison, WI on October 24, 2011. Photo by Randy Halverson and River Halverson. See http://dakotalapse.zenfolio.com/p1027369216

    Aurora Borealis over Madison, WI on October 24, 2011. Photo by Randy Halverson and River Halverson. See http://dakotalapse.zenfolio.com/p1027369216

     
  15. Notes: 143 / 6 months ago  from unknownskywalker
    unknownskywalker: Green Vision by Marc Adamus

    unknownskywalker:

    Green Vision by Marc Adamus

     
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