Astronomy Picture of the Day

   [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our
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                              2023 November 25
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                            Little Planet Aurora
                 Image Credit & [3]Copyright: [4]Victor Lima

   Explanation: Immersed in an eerie greenish light, this rugged [5]little
   planet appears to be home to stunning water falls and an impossibly
   tall mountain. [6]It's planet Earth of course. On the night of November
   9 the nadir-centered 360 degree mosaic was [7]captured by digital
   camera from the [8]Kirkjufell mountain area of western Iceland.
   Curtains of [9]shimmering Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights provide
   the pale greenish illumination. The intense auroral display was caused
   by solar activity that rocked [10]Earth's magnetosphere in early
   November and produced strong geomagnetic storms. Kirkjufell mountain
   itself stands at the top of the [11]stereographic projection's circular
   horizon. Northern hemisphere skygazers will recognize the familiar
   stars of the Big Dipper just above Kirkjufell's peak. At lower right
   the compact Pleiades star cluster and truly giant [12]planet Jupiter
   also shine in this little planet's night sky.

                   Tomorrow's picture: The Surface of 67P
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    Authors & editors: [24]Robert Nemiroff ([25]MTU) & [26]Jerry Bonnell
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References

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   2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2311/Kirkjufell2023Nov9_2048.jpg
   3. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply
   4. https://www.instagram.com/victorlimaphoto/
   5. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210305.html
   6. https://gis.earthdata.nasa.gov/portal/apps/sites/#/earth-information-center
   7. https://www.instagram.com/p/Cz3ne8SL6tA/
   8. https://www.google.com/maps/@64.9406563,-23.2972301,13z?entry=ttu
   9. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap231117.html
  10. https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/planetary-science/earths-magnetosphere/
  11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereographic_projection
  12. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap231124.html
  13. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap231124.html
  14. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html
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  17. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search
  18. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html
  19. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss
  20. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html
  21. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html
  22. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=231125
  23. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap231126.html
  24. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html
  25. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/
  26. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html
  27. http://www.astro.umd.edu/
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  30. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/
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  33. https://science.nasa.gov/learners
  34. http://www.mtu.edu/