Thursday, August 12, 2010

Solar storm -unusual aroras

These are the aroras formed as solar storm hit earth.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.

 

 Picture of a green aurora over the Rupert River in Quebec, Canada.

 

 Picture of an aurora over Laurentian Beach in Manitoba.

 

 Picture of a green aurora topped by purple rays over Lake Superior.

 

 Multiwavelength picture of the sun during a coronal mass ejection.

 

 Picture of an aurora over Oslo, Norway.

 

 

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