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Old 08-03-2011, 09:48 AM   #1
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August 3, 2011 Aurora Australis

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This striking aurora image was taken during a geomagnetic storm that was most likely caused by a coronal mass ejection from the Sun on May 24, 2010. The [International Space Station] was located over the Southern Indian Ocean at an altitude of 350 kilometers (220 miles), with the astronaut observer most likely looking towards Antarctica (not visible) and the South Pole.
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Old 08-03-2011, 09:50 AM   #2
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'coronal mass ejection' sounds so dirty.
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Old 08-03-2011, 09:52 AM   #3
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This picture actually looks better as a thumbnail, but it is still very striking.

I learned something new: at the North Pole these are called aurora borealis and at the South Pole they are called aurora australis.

I hope you all don't mind me posting so many pictures. I love pictures! I don't mean to be taking over or anything.
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Old 08-03-2011, 09:53 AM   #4
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'coronal mass ejection' sounds so dirty.
It definitely looks like some kind of ejection, too.
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Old 08-03-2011, 09:53 AM   #5
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I'd so love to see either the Northern or Southern Lights.
A lifetime ambition, probably not going to be realised.

If'n I'm going to be picky, it would be the Aurora Australis from Antartica.
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Old 08-03-2011, 09:57 AM   #6
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Growing up in Northern Minnesota you would see them at least once a year in the winter time. If you were a night owl I would say bout 2-3 times each winter you would see them.
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Old 08-03-2011, 10:13 AM   #7
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They are very magical, like an orchestra of light the way they dance across the sky.

I saw them while in the Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, in the spring.
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Old 08-03-2011, 10:29 AM   #8
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I hope you all don't mind me posting so many pictures. I love pictures! I don't mean to be taking over or anything.
Absolutely not! I'm glad someone has been keeping it going. You're awesome.
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Old 08-03-2011, 10:42 AM   #9
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Absolutely not! I'm glad someone has been keeping it going. You're awesome.
It's no great show of intellectual courage to agree with Clodfobble, and I do, enthusiastically. Please continue!
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Old 08-03-2011, 12:12 PM   #10
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Ditto!
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Old 08-03-2011, 01:30 PM   #11
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You go 'Mama
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Old 08-03-2011, 03:28 PM   #12
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Keep these pictures coming!
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Old 08-03-2011, 05:25 PM   #13
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It definitely looks like some kind of ejection, too.
Oh alright. That was me. I spent the night at Baby's house that night.

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Old 08-03-2011, 06:14 PM   #14
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I agree. Keep going CM.
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Old 08-03-2011, 09:47 PM   #15
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Aw, gee, thanks you guys.
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