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Good morning RP. Today's picture is titled "Dragon Aurora over Iceland."
Astronomy Picture of the Day
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Thank you, my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the link to the Astronomy picture of the day from NASA's website focused on the wonderful image of "Dragon Aurora over Iceland."
Image: 2019-02-18 Dragon Aurora over Iceland - Jingyi Zhang & Wang Zheng
Background from the linked site:
"Explanation: Have you ever seen a dragon in the sky? Although real flying dragons don't exist, a huge dragon-shaped aurora developed in the sky over Iceland earlier this month. The aurora was caused by a hole in the Sun's corona that expelled charged particles into a solar wind that followed a changing interplanetary magnetic field to Earth's magnetosphere. As some of those particles then struck Earth's atmosphere, they excited atoms which subsequently emitted light: aurora. This iconic display was so enthralling that the photographer's mother ran out to see it and was captured in the foreground. No sunspots have appeared on the Sun so far in February, making the multiple days of picturesque auroral activity this month somewhat surprising."
Thank you for mentioning me, my friend TSgt Joe C.
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Image: 2019-02-18 Dragon Aurora over Iceland - Jingyi Zhang & Wang Zheng
Background from the linked site:
"Explanation: Have you ever seen a dragon in the sky? Although real flying dragons don't exist, a huge dragon-shaped aurora developed in the sky over Iceland earlier this month. The aurora was caused by a hole in the Sun's corona that expelled charged particles into a solar wind that followed a changing interplanetary magnetic field to Earth's magnetosphere. As some of those particles then struck Earth's atmosphere, they excited atoms which subsequently emitted light: aurora. This iconic display was so enthralling that the photographer's mother ran out to see it and was captured in the foreground. No sunspots have appeared on the Sun so far in February, making the multiple days of picturesque auroral activity this month somewhat surprising."
Thank you for mentioning me, my friend TSgt Joe C.
FYI SSgt (Join to see) SPC Mark Huddleston Sgt Deborah Cornatzer MSG (Join to see) LTC (Join to see) Robert Collet Rhonda Hanson SSG Jeffrey Leake SSG Jose M. Hernandezsanchez Sgt David G Duchesneau SFC James Shanks SPC Jordan Sutich SGT Mike Moschkin SGM Bill Frazer SPC Margaret Higgins
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I think SFC Greg Bruorton it does resemble Christmas candy. Beautiful photo Maj William W. 'Bill' Price
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SFC Greg Bruorton
Is ribbon candy still made for Christmas seasons? I haven't seen any for years. Maybe it's a tradition gone south.
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Wow, what a beautiful shot of the dragon shaped lights of the auroras providing a spectacular view over Iceland Maj William W. 'Bill' Price - it would be awesome to see that in person Bill! Great share from the Astromony Guru here on RallyPoint!
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