Northern lights and Mars

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180 degree panorama of a display of northern lights to the northeast. Bright Mars is amid clouds to the southeast (at right). Mars was near opposition and so nearly at its brightest at this time. The Big and Little Dippers are at left to the north; the Pleiades is right of centre to the east. Moonlight from the low gibbous Moon off frame to the southeast provides the illumination. Taken from Alberta, Canada, on September 25-26, 2020.

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Photo credit: © Alan Dyer, VWPics/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: -, alberta, astronomical, astronomy, astrophotography, aurora, big, borealis, clouds, dipper, farm, field, lights, mars, night, northern, opposition, panorama, planet, pleiades, rising, sky