Aurora Borealis image caputure by NASA...

[Missourian]

Nasa's Suomi NPP spacecraft captured the image of the northern lights over British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Nunavut, and Northwest Territories in Canada.

The satellite took the images from 512 miles (824 kilometres) above Earth's surface, using a Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS).

In a statement on its website, Nasa said: 'Just hours after the winter solstice, a mass of energetic particles from the Sun smashed into the magnetic field around Earth.

'The strong solar wind stream stirred up a display of northern lights over northern Canada.'


Image and video @ link: Nasa satellite image shows an aurora over Earth | Daily Mail Online​

This is on my bucket list of atmospheric phenomenon to see with my own eyes before I die...along with the green flash, sun dogs, and a superior mirage.

 

[bullwinkle]

Nasa's Suomi NPP spacecraft captured the image of the northern lights over British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Nunavut, and Northwest Territories in Canada.

The satellite took the images from 512 miles (824 kilometres) above Earth's surface, using a Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS).

In a statement on its website, Nasa said: 'Just hours after the winter solstice, a mass of energetic particles from the Sun smashed into the magnetic field around Earth.

'The strong solar wind stream stirred up a display of northern lights over northern Canada.'


Image and video @ link: Nasa satellite image shows an aurora over Earth | Daily Mail Online​

This is on my bucket list of atmospheric phenomenon to see with my own eyes before I die...along with the green flash, sun dogs, and a superior mirage.

Isn't NASA on the chopping block?

 

[Missourian]

Nasa's Suomi NPP spacecraft captured the image of the northern lights over British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Nunavut, and Northwest Territories in Canada.

The satellite took the images from 512 miles (824 kilometres) above Earth's surface, using a Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS).

In a statement on its website, Nasa said: 'Just hours after the winter solstice, a mass of energetic particles from the Sun smashed into the magnetic field around Earth.

'The strong solar wind stream stirred up a display of northern lights over northern Canada.'


Image and video @ link: Nasa satellite image shows an aurora over Earth | Daily Mail Online​

This is on my bucket list of atmospheric phenomenon to see with my own eyes before I die...along with the green flash, sun dogs, and a superior mirage.

Isn't NASA on the chopping block?

Politics in the political forum please.

 

[The Irish Ram]

Thank you. Stunning.

 

[Pogo]

Nasa's Suomi NPP spacecraft captured the image of the northern lights over British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Nunavut, and Northwest Territories in Canada.

The satellite took the images from 512 miles (824 kilometres) above Earth's surface, using a Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS).

In a statement on its website, Nasa said: 'Just hours after the winter solstice, a mass of energetic particles from the Sun smashed into the magnetic field around Earth.

'The strong solar wind stream stirred up a display of northern lights over northern Canada.'


Image and video @ link: Nasa satellite image shows an aurora over Earth | Daily Mail Online​

This is on my bucket list of atmospheric phenomenon to see with my own eyes before I die...along with the green flash, sun dogs, and a superior mirage.

Check out the Realtime Aurora Photo Gallery on this site. It's on there every day.

I saw a lot of aurorae when I lived in Vermont. It's hard to predict but I'd be inside at the radio station and somebody would call and say "hey the aurora's up" --- I'd poke my head outside, verify it and pass it on. Also saw a spectacular display in northern Montana while travelling. Even saw it as far south as Pennsylvania as a wee tyke, but it's unusual for it to venture that far south.

It's an awesome display if you catch it. The photos capture some of it but they don't realy capture how it shimmers and dances. You're watching purple and green curtains literally dancing to the 'music' of the electromagnetic field of the earth. It's breathtaking.

 

[bullwinkle]

Nasa's Suomi NPP spacecraft captured the image of the northern lights over British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Nunavut, and Northwest Territories in Canada.

The satellite took the images from 512 miles (824 kilometres) above Earth's surface, using a Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS).

In a statement on its website, Nasa said: 'Just hours after the winter solstice, a mass of energetic particles from the Sun smashed into the magnetic field around Earth.

'The strong solar wind stream stirred up a display of northern lights over northern Canada.'


Image and video @ link: Nasa satellite image shows an aurora over Earth | Daily Mail Online​

This is on my bucket list of atmospheric phenomenon to see with my own eyes before I die...along with the green flash, sun dogs, and a superior mirage.

Isn't NASA on the chopping block?

Nasa's Suomi NPP spacecraft captured the image of the northern lights over British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Nunavut, and Northwest Territories in Canada.

The satellite took the images from 512 miles (824 kilometres) above Earth's surface, using a Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS).

In a statement on its website, Nasa said: 'Just hours after the winter solstice, a mass of energetic particles from the Sun smashed into the magnetic field around Earth.

'The strong solar wind stream stirred up a display of northern lights over northern Canada.'


Image and video @ link: Nasa satellite image shows an aurora over Earth | Daily Mail Online​

This is on my bucket list of atmospheric phenomenon to see with my own eyes before I die...along with the green flash, sun dogs, and a superior mirage.

Isn't NASA on the chopping block?

Politics in the political forum please.

You are right. I apologize. I pulled from the sidebar menu and did not check the forum. And thanks for the beautiful photos.

 

[WheelieAddict]

Nasa's Suomi NPP spacecraft captured the image of the northern lights over British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Nunavut, and Northwest Territories in Canada.

The satellite took the images from 512 miles (824 kilometres) above Earth's surface, using a Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS).

In a statement on its website, Nasa said: 'Just hours after the winter solstice, a mass of energetic particles from the Sun smashed into the magnetic field around Earth.

'The strong solar wind stream stirred up a display of northern lights over northern Canada.'


Image and video @ link: Nasa satellite image shows an aurora over Earth | Daily Mail Online​

This is on my bucket list of atmospheric phenomenon to see with my own eyes before I die...along with the green flash, sun dogs, and a superior mirage.

Check out the Realtime Aurora Photo Gallery on this site. It's on there every day.

I saw a lot of aurorae when I lived in Vermont. It's hard to predict but I'd be inside at the radio station and somebody would call and say "hey the aurora's up" --- I'd poke my head outside, verify it and pass it on. Also saw a spectacular display in northern Montana while travelling. Even saw it as far south as Pennsylvania as a wee tyke, but it's unusual for it to venture that far south.

It's an awesome display if you catch it. The photos capture some of it but they don't realy capture how it shimmers and dances. You're watching dancing purple and green curtains of the electromagnetic field of the earth. It's breathtaking.

I have unluckily only seen very dim northern lights onc. I have been lucky enough to see the Milky Way very clearly a few nights in a row. It is absolutely beautiful.