Posted on Feb 10, 2026

APOD: 2026 February 10 – In Green Company: Aurora over Norway

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Good afternoon, Rallypoint, and welcome to the February 10, 2026 edition of Astronomy PIcture of the Day (APOD).

Who doesn't like a good aurora shot? This one captured in Norway is from the 2014 APOD archives. The scene is from Austnesfjorden outside the Norwegian town of Svolvear. I would like to know how someone climbed the peak (and for that matter, how they got down in the dark).

APOD: 2026 February 10 – In Green Company: Aurora over Norway

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SGT Kevin Hughes

Posted 2 d ago

Having seen them a couple of times, in different parts of the world...even though I know how bad they are for satellites and people in space...I can't help but stand in awe. Just flipping beautiful.

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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen

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Amazing photo. We used to get some amazing Aurora views when flying missions over Northern Canada in the 70s

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SGT Kevin Hughes

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What do they look like from seven miles up (or so) ?

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SSgt (Join to see)

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SGT Kevin Hughes - Good question. At least a visual disturbance, one way or another.

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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen

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SGT Kevin Hughes Same colors, perhaps a bit more brilliant, just wide angle views for as far as you can see.

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SGT Kevin Hughes

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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen - wow! That is so cool. I saw the night sky from the top of Mauna Kea, and once from the side of a mountain in Germany ...and just being 12,000 feet above the ground made it spectacular. And several times out in the middle of the Pacific, I saw the night sky with nothing around for thousands of miles...and that was another cool sight.

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