Tuesday, March 27, 2012

APOD 3.2

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This image depicts a stunning aurora visible over Norway. Apparently shaped after and bearing striking resemblance to an eagle, this aurora was formed after a Coronal Mass Ejection, or CME, occurred on the sun; although most of the Coronal Mass Ejection missed the Earth, it effected the Magnetosphere enough to cause this aurora.

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