有圆顶状极光的天空
一个巨大的紫色透明圆顶似乎覆盖了大部分的星空。一个人站在田野里望着这个不寻常的景象。有关更多详细信息，请参阅说明。
标签： 极光
北天的极光
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班克斯半岛的极光
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波兰上空的红色极光
红色和紫色的极光出现在波兰的田野上。右边有一棵树，远处站着一个人，手里拿着一个发光的手机。有关更多详细信息，请参阅说明。
冰岛上空的凤凰极光
绿色的极光填满了繁星密布的天空。前景是一座山和一个湖。对某些人来说，极光可能像一只飞翔或升起的凤凰。有关更多详细信息，请参阅说明。
韦伯影像: 星团IC 348
2024年1月15日 Star Cluster IC 348 from Webb Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, and K. Luhman (Penn State U.) and C. Alves de Oliveira (ESA) Explanation: Sometimes, it’s the stars that are the hardest to see that are the most interesting. IC 348 is a young star cluster that illuminates surrounding filamentary dust. The stringy and winding dust appears pi...
冰岛上空的龙形极光
2024年1月14日 Dragon Aurora over Iceland Image Credit & Copyright: Jingyi Zhang & Wang Zheng Explanation: Have you ever seen a dragon in the sky? Although real flying dragons don’t exist, a huge dragon-shaped aurora developed in the sky over Iceland in 2019. The aurora was caused by a hole in the Sun’s corona that expelled charged particles ...
新西兰上空的稳定极光红弧
2024年1月3日 A SAR Arc from New Zealand Image Credit & Copyright: Tristian McDonald; Text: Tiffany Lewis (Michigan Tech U.) Explanation: What is that unusual red halo surrounding this aurora? It is a Stable Auroral Red (SAR) arc. SAR arcs are rare and have only been acknowledged and studied since 1954. The featured wide-angle photograph, capturing nearly an...
冰岛瀑布上空的彩虹极光
2023年12月27日 Rainbow Aurora over Icelandic Waterfall Image Credit & Copyright: Stefano Pellegrini Explanation: Yes, but can your aurora do this? First, yes, auroras can look like rainbows even though they are completely different phenomena. Auroras are caused by Sun-created particles being channeled into Earth’s atmosphere by Earth’s magnetic...
挪威上空的极光与银河
2023年12月12日 Aurora and Milky Way over Norway Image Credit & Copyright: Giulio Cobianchi Explanation: What are these two giant arches across the sky? Perhaps the more familiar one, on the left, is the central band of our Milky Way Galaxy. This grand disk of stars and nebulas here appears to encircle much of the southern sky. Visible below the stellar arc...