A lone observer gazes at an array of colourful curtains of aurora during an active display, March 6, 2016, with curtains in the

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A lone observer gazes at an array of colourful curtains of aurora during an active display, March 6, 2016, with curtains in the evening twilight adding blue tints to the sky and tops of the curtains, as well as the greens and reds from oxygen. Curtains toward the horizon are more yellow due to atmospheric extinction. Jupiter is rising at left, then near opposition.

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Size: 5400px × 3605px
Location: The Churchill Northern Studies Centre, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada
Photo credit: © Alan Dyer / VWPics / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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