Media Information
 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
A Yukon Aurora
Explanation:
Last week was another good week for auroras [ http://www.pfrr.ala…]. The story began about two weeks ago when two large Coronal Mass Ejections [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] exploded off the Sun [ http://www.nineplan…]. Waves of elementary particles [ http://sol.sci.uop.…] and ions [ http://www-istp.gsf…] swept out past the Earth [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] on September 28 and 29, causing many auroras [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. A week ago, a flapping sheet [ http://pluto.space.…] that divides north and south regions of the Sun's magnetic field [ http://www-istp.gsf…] passed the Earth, again causing auroras. Pictured above is a particularly good image of one of the October 1 northern lights [ http://www.spacewea…]. Taken in Canada [ http://www.cia.gov/…]'s Yukon [ http://www.gov.yk.c…], the city lights of Whitehorse [ http://www.city.whi…] are seen below dark cloud [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]s and a twisting green aurora [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…].
Credit and Copyright:
Yuichi Takasaka [ mailto:YTakasaka@aol .com ]
keyword:
clouds
keyword:
aurora
keyword:
Yukon
facet_where:
Pluto
facet_where:
Canada
facet_where:
Alaska
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
Sun
facet_what:
Pluto
facet_what:
Aurora
original url:
http://antwrp.gsfc.…
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap011008

A Yukon Aurora
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