Picture: Jonina Oskardottir/AP
The northern lights are seen in the skies near Faskusfjordur on the east coast of Iceland.
Click on the photo for a few more lovely views.
Picture: Jonina Oskardottir/AP
The northern lights are seen in the skies near Faskusfjordur on the east coast of Iceland.
Click on the photo for a few more lovely views.
I really like the northern lights. Saw them along time ago when I was above the Arctic Circle. Great capture.
New research using data from NASA’s Van Allen Probes mission and FIREBIRD II CubeSat mission locate whistling space electrons’ origins (NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-11/nsfc-fia111517.php
Scientists have long known that solar-energized particles trapped around the planet are sometimes scattered into Earth’s upper atmosphere where they can contribute to beautiful auroral displays. Yet for decades, no one has known exactly what is responsible for hurling these energetic electrons on their way. Recently, two spacecraft found themselves at just the right places at the right time to witness first hand both the impulsive electron loss and its cause.
“New Study Suggests The Northern Lights May Have Led To The Sinking Of The ‘Titanic’ : The charged particles from the aurora borealis may have been strong enough to affect the ship’s navigation and communication systems.” https://allthatsinteresting.com/titanic-northern-lights
As Live Science reported, independent weather researcher and photographer Mila Zinkova examined weather conditions on the night that the Titanic sank. According to the eye witness accounts of survivors and the ship’s logs, the colorful streaks of the Northern Lights, also known as the Aurora Borealis, were strongly present during the night of the tragedy. https://www.livescience.com/titanic-sunk-by-aurora.html
The study, published in the journal Weather in August 2020, went on to posit that the geomagnetism of the aurora may have interfered with the Titanic’s navigation system as well as its communications, which likely hindered subsequent rescue efforts. https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/wea.3817?af=R
The Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/ ) has announced G1 and G2 geomagnetic storm watches for nights from September 27 through September 29. Those watches are a measure of solar activity reaching Earth’s atmosphere and alerts at that level indicate that the aurora may be seen in the northern US. https://www.thrillist.com/news/nation/northern-lights-forecast-september-2020-aurora-borealis