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POPSAurora Borealis as seen from Finland - Simply Amazing Photos The finest display of the Northern Lights seen in southern Finland within living memory appeared in the sky on the nights of April 6th and 7th, 2000. In Helsinki, about as far south as you can go in Finland, hundreds of excited people roused their friends from sleep in the small hours with the words, "Don't ask, just go outside now, you won't believe your eyes." For an Alaskan perspective: http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/5549C6DD-BAFD-4AAE-931D-0327AB3FE785/
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POPSGreat sun pillar photo Excellent photo of a sun pillar. This is a rare phenomenon where falling ice crystals reflect light just after sunset. -Eagle
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POPSTo all the kids, who had survived the ..1960s,70!!! If YOU are one of them . . CONGRATULATIONS! You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated so much of our lives for our own good…… And while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave (and lucky) their parents were.
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POPSSOLAR TSUNAMI When sunspot 930 exploded on Dec. 6th, producing an X6-category flare, it also created a tsunami-like shock wave that rolled across the face of the sun, wiping out filaments and other structures in its path. An H-alpha telescope in New Mexico operated by the National Solar Observatory (NSO) recorded the action:
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POPSDark Skies Reveal Planet Uranus Barely visible to the unaided eye on very dark, clear nights, the planet Uranus—currently shining at magnitude +5.7, which is right on the verge of what's visible with the naked eye under dark skies—is now visible during the evening hours among the stars of Aquarius, the Water Carrier. It recently passed through opposition to the Sun and is now visible for practically the entire night.
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