Astronomy Picture of the Day

   [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our
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                                 2024 May 17
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                           Aurora Banks Peninsula
                 Image Credit & [3]Copyright: [4]Kavan Chay

   Explanation: This [5]well-composed composite panoramic view looks due
   south from Banks Peninsula near Christchurch on New Zealand's South
   Island. The base of a tower-like rocky sea stack is awash in the
   foreground, with stars of the Southern Cross at the top of the frame
   and planet Earth's south celestial pole near center. Still, captured on
   May 11, vibrant aurora australis dominate the starry southern sea and
   skyscape. The shimmering southern lights were part of [6]extensive
   auroral displays that entertained skywatchers in northern and southern
   hemispheres around planet Earth, caused by intense geomagnetic storms.
   The extreme [7]spaceweather was triggered by the impact of [8]coronal
   mass ejections launched from powerful [9]solar active region AR 3664.

              AuroraSaurus: [10]Report your aurora observations
                     Tomorrow's picture: pixels in space
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References

   1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html
   2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2405/DSC_6363Panorama-2.jpg
   3. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply
   4. https://www.instagram.com/kchayphotos/
   5. https://www.instagram.com/kchayphotos/p/C680EGcva1P/
   6. https://www.facebook.com/media/set?set=a.431368006258449&type=3
   7. https://spaceweather.com/
   8. https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/what-coronal-mass-ejection-or-cme/
   9. https://blogs.nasa.gov/solarcycle25/
  10. https://www.aurorasaurus.org/
  11. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240516.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=240517
  21. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240518.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/