班克斯半岛的极光

2024年5月17日

Aurora Banks Peninsula
Image Credit & Copyright: Kavan Chay

Explanation: This well-composed composite panoramic view looks due south from Banks Peninsula near Christchurch on New Zealand’s South Island. The base of a tower-like rocky sea stack is awash in the foreground, with stars of the Southern Cross at the top of the frame and planet Earth’s south celestial pole near center. Still, captured on May 11, vibrant aurora australis dominate the starry southern sea and skyscape. The shimmering southern lights were part of extensive auroral displays that entertained skywatchers in northern and southern hemispheres around planet Earth, caused by intense geomagnetic storms. The extreme spaceweather was triggered by the impact of coronal mass ejections launched from powerful solar active region AR 3664.

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班克斯半岛的极光
影像提供与版权: Kavan Chay

说明: 这幅构图精美的全景组合影像，从纽西兰南岛基督城附近的班克斯半岛南眺。在影像前景里，海水不断的冲刷着塔状海蚀柱的基部，视野的顶部可见到南十字星群的恒星，而地球的南天极则位于影像的中央附近。在这幅摄于5月11日的南半球海与天空影像里，最醒目的其实是绚丽的南极光。这些摇曳的南极光，是由强烈地磁风暴所触发、让南北半球的观星者大饱眼福的大范围极光活动之一部分。这次的极端太空天气，是因太阳活跃区AR 3664所喷发的日冕物质抛射冲撞地球所致。

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