September 10th, 2012
01:43 PM ET
Solar flare creates 'gorgeous' aurora
At first glance, it might not seem real. But this incredible aurora, captured on camera by the Yukon River in Canada, is the result of a massive solar flare.
CNN’s Josh Levs explains the whole story, with stunning new video of the coronal mass ejection 30 times the width of Earth. These events can disrupt everything from cell phones to power grids. When they don’t, they can be downright stunning.
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Great source of information, cheers.
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Giza is not death star, it is visual science communication...in its original creation it was reflective thus Mirror of Heaven... Super volcanic looking reflectivity is ONLY ONE thing...The reflective vapor made in stratosphere by super volcanoes,,, reflects the sun back to heaven,,, cools earth....coincidentally it is also the ONLY thing that will stop 2012 solar flare! Not maybe death ray with no reason, to kill enemies long dead....Rather a message how to save a planet in the future from predicted annihilation...like the sphinx riddle...if we get the right answer we live!
Well well lady's, Dont get to caught up in the aurora of GOD and his power. Very beautiful sight but me being in a state that does not see things like this, Well it sucks.
One the very rare occasions when we're supposed to be able to see this where I live in southern New England it is always overcast without fail.
Sandy Duncan's Glass Eye,
It is beautiful indeed. I live a 4 hour drive from Tromsø, it's a long country!
your welcome
Dear god, it's "you're welcome". Someone who can't spell properly certainly couldn't be the origin of our universe.
Who are you to question God's grammar? Perhaps you (as well as every English text book) have it wrong! 😉
"your welcome" works too, but in a different way...
Cheers!
It wasn't a spelling problem. It was a grammar problem. Someone who doesn't know the difference shouldn't question god.
You also missed the humour in it to show off your intellectual superiority. Your awesome!
Welcome to what, the sky, the sun, life?
Never before seen images? Well, yes, THAT CME has never been seen before, as each is unique, but CME's with this level of detail have been seen since the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) satellites were launch in 1995!!!.. oh the naive journalists!
HAARP
I live in Norway, north of the polar circle. Auroras are very common. And they have been common for quite some time. I think it's safe to say auroras existed before HAARP, or even before the alphabet existed.
To attribute an extremely common natural phenomenon to a mysterious US government organisation is... strange. It would be like blaming HAARP for earthquakes.. And I'm pretty sure you don't blame them for that, right?
In fact, Northern lights had its own God in norse mythology.
Well said. I used to be mystified by their beauty growing up in my native Canada. If you live in Tromso, please say "hello" to Anneli Drecker for me. lol
The aurora were attributed to light shining off the "pearly armor" of valkyries flying down to collect the bravest of warriors from the battlefield so they may live and train in Valhalla in preparation for Ragnorok.
aurora legend,
Hadn't heard that. Here it is said to be the light of Bifrost, which is guarded by Heimdall, but with similarities to your story: It shines when someone goes to Valhalla. The connection between auroras and death has survived in our folklore to this day.
You may be right, however, I'm just repeating it the way I heard it growing up, I haven't studied it or anything.