Northern Lights - Teepees
Honorable mention in the 2023 IAU OAE Astrophotography Contest, category Still images with smartphones-mobile devices: Northern Lights - Teepees, by Oanh Vuong. Taken with a smartphone at Cassidy Point, Yellowknife, Canada, on 24 March 2023, this stunning display captured the ethereal Northern Light...
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ftzenodo:oai:zenodo.org:10359618 2024-09-09T19:31:03+00:00 Northern Lights - Teepees Vuong, Oanh 2023-12-15 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10359618 eng eng Zenodo https://zenodo.org/communities/astro4edu https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10359617 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10359618 oai:zenodo.org:10359618 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode Astrophotography info:eu-repo/semantics/other 2023 ftzenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1035961810.5281/zenodo.10359617 2024-07-26T04:09:21Z Honorable mention in the 2023 IAU OAE Astrophotography Contest, category Still images with smartphones-mobile devices: Northern Lights - Teepees, by Oanh Vuong. Taken with a smartphone at Cassidy Point, Yellowknife, Canada, on 24 March 2023, this stunning display captured the ethereal Northern Lights painting the night sky. The biting cold of -20°F (-29°C) set the stage for the vibrant hues of the Aurora Borealis, a celestial ballet created by collisions between charged solar particles and the Earth's atmosphere. The Earth’s magnetic field directs the charged particles towards the polar regions, where they interact with the various atoms and molecules in the atmosphere. This natural phenomenon transforms the sky into a canvas of radiant greens, pinks, and purples, casting a mesmerising glow above. The different colours of an aurora are determined by the gases in Earth’s atmosphere, the altitude where the aurora occurs, the density of the atmosphere, and the energy of the charged particles. In general, green is attributed to oxygen molecules, red is associated with high-altitude oxygen molecules, purple and blue are associated with hydrogen and helium, and pink aurorae are typically associated with nitrogen. Against this cosmic backdrop, the teepees of Aurora Village below provide a tranquil contrast to the celestial spectacle unfolding overhead. Preserving the pristine darkness of this location ensures the continued splendour of such awe-inspiring natural light shows. Credit: Oanh Vuong/IAU OAE ( CC BY 4.0 ) Other/Unknown Material aurora borealis Northern lights Yellowknife Zenodo Canada Cassidy ENVELOPE(160.783,160.783,-77.450,-77.450) Yellowknife |
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Honorable mention in the 2023 IAU OAE Astrophotography Contest, category Still images with smartphones-mobile devices: Northern Lights - Teepees, by Oanh Vuong. Taken with a smartphone at Cassidy Point, Yellowknife, Canada, on 24 March 2023, this stunning display captured the ethereal Northern Lights painting the night sky. The biting cold of -20°F (-29°C) set the stage for the vibrant hues of the Aurora Borealis, a celestial ballet created by collisions between charged solar particles and the Earth's atmosphere. The Earth’s magnetic field directs the charged particles towards the polar regions, where they interact with the various atoms and molecules in the atmosphere. This natural phenomenon transforms the sky into a canvas of radiant greens, pinks, and purples, casting a mesmerising glow above. The different colours of an aurora are determined by the gases in Earth’s atmosphere, the altitude where the aurora occurs, the density of the atmosphere, and the energy of the charged particles. In general, green is attributed to oxygen molecules, red is associated with high-altitude oxygen molecules, purple and blue are associated with hydrogen and helium, and pink aurorae are typically associated with nitrogen. Against this cosmic backdrop, the teepees of Aurora Village below provide a tranquil contrast to the celestial spectacle unfolding overhead. Preserving the pristine darkness of this location ensures the continued splendour of such awe-inspiring natural light shows. Credit: Oanh Vuong/IAU OAE ( CC BY 4.0 ) |
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