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Monday, February 11, 2008

Aurora Photos from Earth and Space


http://www.spaceweather.com/ has posted an Aurora Photo Gallery for February, 2008. The pictures show solar radiation entering the earth's atmosphere in places all around the Northern Hemisphere. Here is the link:
Some of the photos are taken from outer space by the astronauts on board the International Space Station!
(The photo to the right comes from Hanneke Luijting in Tromsø, Norway.)
These are fun photos to look at while reading The Golden Compass...

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