A Full Sky Aurora Over Norway

[Tripper11]

[freshwest]

1. A friend in Trondheim since some pix over the town, over an old cathedral. Awesome stuff.

[barbtries]

2. amazing.

thanks for sharing.

[sakabatou]

3. Wow

[pokerfan]

4. explanation and a link to the large version

Explanation: Higher than the highest building, higher than the highest mountain, higher than the highest airplane, lies the realm of the aurora. Auroras rarely reach below 60 kilometers, and can range up to 1000 kilometers. Aurora light results from energetic electrons and protons striking molecules in the Earth's atmosphere. Frequently, when viewed from space, a complete aurora will appear as a circle around one of the Earth's magnetic poles. The above wide angle image, horizontally compressed, captured an unexpected auroral display that stretched across the sky one month ago over eastern Norway.

A Full Sky Aurora Over Norway
Image Credit & Copyright: Sebastian Voltmer

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120103.html

[LeftishBrit]

5. Wow. Thanks.

[tclambert]

6. Wow

[PotatoChip]

7. OMG that is amazing!

And gorgeous. Thanks for sharing. K&R

[Moondog]

8. Whoa. Nice one.

[LiberalEsto]

9. Reminds me of a long-ago trip

on windowpane acid

[bigwillq]

10. Awesome (nt)

[glinda]

11. If I saw that I would fall over.

[DirkGently]

12. One more "Wow" from the audience. Amazing pic.

[Surya Gayatri]

13. Celestial, multi-hued waterfall. Majestic...

Just the sheer beauty of the photo brings tears to my eyes. Don't know how I'd react seeing it live. Thanks for posting. SG

[AlbertCat]

14. Whoa!

Those elementary particles certainly look excited.

The power of electrons and protons, folks....

[Tyrs WolfDaemon]

15. The great Rainbow bridge, Brifrost

I hope to cross it someday

[kiva]

16. Amazing, thanks.

[applegrove]

17. Wow!