Astronomy Picture of the Day

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                                 2024 May 16
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                               Aurora Georgia
                Image Credit & [3]Copyright: [4]Wright Dobbs

   Explanation: A familiar sight from Georgia, USA, the Moon sets near the
   western horizon in this rural night skyscape. [5]Captured on May 10
   before local midnight, the image overexposes the Moon's bright waning
   crescent at left in the frame. A long irrigation rig stretches across
   farmland about 15 miles north of the city of Bainbridge. [6]Shimmering
   curtains of aurora shine across the starry sky, definitely an
   unfamiliar sight for southern Georgia nights. Last weekend, extreme
   geomagnetic storms triggered by the recent intense activity from solar
   active region [7]AR 3664 brought [8]epic displays of aurora, usually
   seen closer to the poles, to southern Georgia and even lower latitudes
   on planet Earth. [9]As solar activity ramps up, more storms are
   possible.

              AuroraSaurus: [10]Report your aurora observations
                     Tomorrow's picture: pixels in space
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    Authors & editors: [22]Robert Nemiroff ([23]MTU) & [24]Jerry Bonnell
                                 ([25]UMCP)
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                         [32]NASA Science Activation
                           & [33]Michigan Tech. U.

References

   1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html
   2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2405/WrightDobbs_Georgia_Aurora_2.jpg
   3. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply
   4. https://www.instagram.com/wrightdobbs/
   5. https://www.instagram.com/wrightdobbs/p/C63j2QrrYSJ/
   6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt_XvnVrDco
   7. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240515.html
   8. https://www.facebook.com/media/set?set=a.431368006258449&type=3
   9. https://blogs.nasa.gov/solarcycle25/
  10. https://www.aurorasaurus.org/
  11. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240515.html
  12. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html
  13. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html
  14. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html
  15. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search
  16. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html
  17. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss
  18. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html
  19. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html
  20. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=240516
  21. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240517.html
  22. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html
  23. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/
  24. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html
  25. http://www.astro.umd.edu/
  26. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply
  27. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html
  28. https://www.nasa.gov/general/accessibility/
  29. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/
  30. https://www.nasa.gov/
  31. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/
  32. https://science.nasa.gov/learners
  33. http://www.mtu.edu/