{"id":748,"date":"2020-05-31T12:21:48","date_gmt":"2020-05-31T12:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bridalbasics.ca\/1\/wp\/?p=748"},"modified":"2020-05-31T12:21:50","modified_gmt":"2020-05-31T12:21:50","slug":"aurora-over-sweden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bridalbasics.ca\/1\/wp\/2020\/05\/31\/aurora-over-sweden\/","title":{"rendered":"Aurora Over Sweden"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It was bright and green and stretched across the sky. This striking aurora display was captured in 2016 just outside of\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%C3%96stersund\" target=\"_blank\">\u00d6stersund<\/a>,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sweden\" target=\"_blank\">Sweden<\/a>. Six photographic fields were merged to create the featured panorama spanning almost 180 degrees. Particularly striking aspects of this\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/spaceplace.nasa.gov\/aurora\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\">aurora<\/a> include its sweeping arc-like shape and its stark definition.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Storsj%C3%B6n\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Lake<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1KqryCRpT_s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Storsj\u00f6n<\/a>\u00a0is seen in the foreground, while several familiar constellations and the star\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apod.nasa.gov\/apod\/ap150602.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Polaris<\/a>\u00a0are visible through the aurora, far in the background. Coincidently, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rMfUVfjHnKc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">aurora<\/a>\u00a0appears to avoid the Moon visible on the lower left. The aurora appeared a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spaceweather.com\/archive.php?view=1&amp;day=12&amp;month=04&amp;year=2016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">day after<\/a>\u00a0a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov\/feature3.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">large hole<\/a>\u00a0opened in the\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/apod.nasa.gov\/apod\/ap170920.html\" target=\"_blank\">Sun&#8217;s corona<\/a>\u00a0allowing particularly energetic particles to flow out into the\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/apod.nasa.gov\/apod\/ap190520.html\" target=\"_blank\">Solar System<\/a>. The\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.webexhibits.org\/causesofcolor\/4D.html\" target=\"_blank\">green color of the aurora<\/a>\u00a0is caused by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chemicool.com\/elements\/oxygen.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">oxygen<\/a>\u00a0atoms recombining with ambient\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www-spof.gsfc.nasa.gov\/Education\/whelect.html\" target=\"_blank\">electrons<\/a>\u00a0high in the\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/sunearth\/science\/atmosphere-layers2.html\" target=\"_blank\">Earth&#8217;s atmosphere<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May 31, 2020<br>via NASA\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ift.tt\/2TTTA8t\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/ift.tt\/2TTTA8t<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Image Credit &amp; Copyright: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.astrofotografen.se\/\">G\u00f6ran Strand<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>It was bright and green and stretched across the sky. This striking aurora display was captured in 2016 just outside of\u00a0\u00d6stersund,\u00a0Sweden. Six photographic fields were merged to create the featured panorama spanning almost 180 degrees. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/bridalbasics.ca\/1\/wp\/2020\/05\/31\/aurora-over-sweden\/\" title=\"Aurora Over Sweden\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":749,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[52],"tags":[145,146,82],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bridalbasics.ca\/1\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bridalbasics.ca\/1\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bridalbasics.ca\/1\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bridalbasics.ca\/1\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bridalbasics.ca\/1\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=748"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bridalbasics.ca\/1\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":750,"href":"https:\/\/bridalbasics.ca\/1\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748\/revisions\/750"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bridalbasics.ca\/1\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bridalbasics.ca\/1\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bridalbasics.ca\/1\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bridalbasics.ca\/1\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}