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Aurora borealis in Germany

auteur: Stefan Seip/Novapix

référence: t-met01-16030

Image Size 300 DPI: 25 * 16 cm

The northern lights or aurora borealis is photographed above Stuttgart, Germany. While the dancing lights of aurora is a familiar scene of polar latitudes they are a rare event at lower latitudes like southern Germany in this picture. At such latitudes bright aurora like this might appears each several years when a super strong flare from the sun send a storm solar wind particles toward the Earth. Red aurora dominates the northeastern sky above the historic Solitude Castle near Stuttgart. In this several-minute exposure stars of constellation Gemini trail above the east together with planet Saturn (the bright trail near the center). November 2003.

Keywords for this photo:

2003 - AURORA - AURORA BOREALIS - EARTH - GEMINI - GERMANY - LANDSCAPE - MAGNETIC FIELD - MAGNETOSPHERE - NIGHT - SATURN - STAR - STARRY SKY -