Aurora Borealis
by Derya Gürer, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
This Aurora Borealis was captured in Northern Norway on February 21st, 2012 after a strong geomagnetic storm. Intense displays of the Aurora were visible in the polar regions following a long-duration M-class flare that began erupting on the Sun at 8:42 am ET on Thursday, January 19th, 2012.
Taken on 21
February
2012
Submitted on 13 Mar 2012
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- Atmospheric Sciences (829)
- Field (2721)
- Planetary and Solar System Sciences (124)
- Solar-Terrestrial Sciences (85)
Location
- Europe (3439)
- Northern Europe (806)
- Norway (149)
- Exact location (18.4766 E, 69.7401 N)
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arctic, aurora borealis, northern lights, solar storm, norway, polar regions, polar lights
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Credit: Derya Gürer (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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