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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.

Aurora Borealis
Sollia, Kirkenes, Norway, Dec 4th 2011
circular fisheye scene
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Spaceweather:
AURORA EXPLOSION: Saturday night on the border between Russia and Norway, the sky suddenly erupted in color. "It was like an aurora explosion," says Sebastian Voltmer of Kirkenes, Norway. "I was surprised to see a brightening snake forming an 'S' - like the first letter of my name, that appeared at 22.48 pm UT."

During the outburst, Jupiter was surrounded by streamers of green light. "A very beautiful event!" says Voltmer.

Sollia, Norway
Dec 1st 2011

Dec 1st, 2011
Sollia, Norway

Dec 1st, 2011
Sollia, Norway