Astronomy Picture of the Day A Whale of an Aurora over Swedish Forest 2022 March 22

[Ptah]

Explanation: What's that in the sky? An aurora. A large coronal mass ejection occurred on our Sun earlier this month, throwing a cloud of fast-moving electrons, protons, and ions toward the Earth. Part of this cloud impacted our Earth's magnetosphere and, bolstered by a sudden gap, resulted in spectacular auroras being seen at some high northern latitudes. Featured here is a particularly photogenic auroral corona captured above a forest in Sweden from a scenic perch overlooking the city of Östersund.

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220322.html

[aquamarina]

1. Nature is truly a wonder

[sarge43]

2. Anyone else have a flash back to Fantasia 2000?

The flying whales in the Pines of Rome sequence?

[ratchiweenie]

3. Looks like and Angel of an aurora to me. Beautiful.

[Judi Lynn]

4. Amazing! What a shock that would be. Thank you. 🌌⭐️