Ash & Auroras
Posted by JAC on 4/23/2010, 7:16 am
There something in the air in Iceland--and its not all volcanic ash.

Last night (April 22nd), recently-gray Icelandic skies turned green when a solar wind stream hit Earth's magnetic field:

"I hope these are not the last auroras of spring," says photographer Wioleta Zarzycka.

"The midnight sun is coming to the Arctic Circle, and soon we may not be able to see the Northern Lights."

Then it would be all ash.














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Ash & Auroras - JAC, 4/23/2010, 7:16 am
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