“Auroras create green curtains of light August 4 over the Rupert River in Waskaganish (see map), a Cree Nation community in Quebec, Canada.
Last week’s northern lights—which lasted a few days—were products of a large burst of plasma, or charged gas, from the sun known as a coronal mass ejection. A NASA orbiter called the Solar Dynamics Observatory saw last Sunday’s eruption, which was aimed directly at Earth and sparked predictions of a shimmering sky show.
Now it seems aurora fans may be in for another treat: A solar flare spotted Saturday by NASA’s Solar and Heliospheric Observatory was even more powerful than the previous eruption. Although this time the bulk of the plasma burst isn’t aimed right at Earth, scientists say it could still trigger another round of colorful auroras.”
See more photos at National Geographic (Thanks @XxLadyClaireXx)
It is really from the reflection of the inner sun which is actually residual molten material from the Earth’s formation. (The Earth is hollow)
At times, when conditions are right, the light reflects out of the polar opening into the atmosphere.
When are these displays expected?
Also, where in UK is it possible to see?
W – O – W ! Cool.
What a wonderful picture! It’s one of my dreams to see the Northern Lights live, from Iceland on a boat.
I’ve been involved in the production of some great animations about the solar system, including one which explains the plasma and corona levels, and shows how solar flares erupt.
If you want to take a look, it’s in ‘Structure of the Sun’ in ‘Alien Worlds’ on iTunes U http://bit.ly/cCBOnd – you’ll need to have iTunes installed to watch it http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
It won’t, sorry!
Absolutely gorgeous!
Stunning!
Jack: is that an ‘in joke’, reflecting misinformation from the internet? Or a genuinely held opinion?
It is a fascinating belief, anyway. I have not heard that one before.
The number of conspirators involved would be mind-boggling.
Polar explorers, aviators, Google Earth employees, Pentagon employees, geologists, astronauts, etc…
If there is a hole and the Earth is hollow, all of the seismic resonance imaging of the Earth would have to be doctored. Therefore, all the seismologists are in on the lie, too.
What a whopper.
seen NASA’s video of the flare? http://gizmodo.com/5607259/watch-the-suns-epic-cosmic-belch-in-hd
EELS is the captcha, weird.