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Good Red Friday morning RP. Today's image is titled "A Symphony in Northern Winter Skies." The picture was taken on Lake Superior the evening of February 28-March 1.
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Thank you, my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for sharing the daily NASA picture titled "A Symphony in Northern Winter Skies."
Image: 'A Symphony in Northern Winter Skies' image credit & copyright Lorenzo Ranieri Tenti
"Explanation: Despite the cold, a chance to view the shimmering northern lights coaxed this skygazer onto the frozen surface of Lake Superior on the west coast of the Keweenaw Peninsula and offered this nocturnal crescendo as a reward. A northern late winter night sky also plays across the panoramic composition of images made between 10pm and 1am on the night of February 28/March 1. At left, a faint band of Zodiacal light rises sharply from the horizon crossing Mars and the Pleides star cluster. Both the distant galaxy M31 and our own Milky Way shine above the greenish auroral arc. Navigational north pole star Polaris is centered above and accompanied on the right by the northern night's most recognizable asterism, the Big Dipper. Terrestrial lights include markers for two breakwaters on the the horizon near the center of the scene."
Thank you, my friends Maj Marty Hogan and TSgt Joe C. for mentioning me.
FYI LTC Wayne Brandon LTC (Join to see) MSgt Robert C Aldi CPT Scott Sharon CMSgt (Join to see) SMSgt Tom Burns SSG Donald H "Don" Bates SSG Jeffrey Leake Sgt (Join to see) SGT Randal Groover SGT Rick Colburn SPC Mike Lake PO3 William Hetrick PO3 Lynn Spalding Rhonda Hanson SPC Jordan Sutich PO3 Craig Phillips
Image: 'A Symphony in Northern Winter Skies' image credit & copyright Lorenzo Ranieri Tenti
"Explanation: Despite the cold, a chance to view the shimmering northern lights coaxed this skygazer onto the frozen surface of Lake Superior on the west coast of the Keweenaw Peninsula and offered this nocturnal crescendo as a reward. A northern late winter night sky also plays across the panoramic composition of images made between 10pm and 1am on the night of February 28/March 1. At left, a faint band of Zodiacal light rises sharply from the horizon crossing Mars and the Pleides star cluster. Both the distant galaxy M31 and our own Milky Way shine above the greenish auroral arc. Navigational north pole star Polaris is centered above and accompanied on the right by the northern night's most recognizable asterism, the Big Dipper. Terrestrial lights include markers for two breakwaters on the the horizon near the center of the scene."
Thank you, my friends Maj Marty Hogan and TSgt Joe C. for mentioning me.
FYI LTC Wayne Brandon LTC (Join to see) MSgt Robert C Aldi CPT Scott Sharon CMSgt (Join to see) SMSgt Tom Burns SSG Donald H "Don" Bates SSG Jeffrey Leake Sgt (Join to see) SGT Randal Groover SGT Rick Colburn SPC Mike Lake PO3 William Hetrick PO3 Lynn Spalding Rhonda Hanson SPC Jordan Sutich PO3 Craig Phillips
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SSgt Boyd Herrst
It’semed quite often while stationed N. Dakota at G. Forks AFB and TDY in N. Michigan at Phelps Collins, ANGB .. we would see Northern Lights dancing in the sky. ....,
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This is absolutely magnificent Maj William W. 'Bill' Price! ...and it's magnificence is the culmination of the gorgeous Aurora Borealis, and the spectacular background of our Milky Way Galaxy... This panorama composition includes many facets of our Solar System, which by themselves are equally magnificent... I'd like to share a short video of the Aurora Borealis to provide your followers with the Northern Aurora in motion... Awesome Post for Red Friday, Maj William W. 'Bill' Price! Thank you! https://youtu.be/fVsONlc3OUY
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Lived in Fairbanks, AK. Northern Lights, You can see the info on the weather page below. https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/ Lt Col Charlie Brown LTC Greg Henning
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