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Spiral Aurora over Icelandic Divide (i.imgur.com)
submitted 2 years ago by Jakdracula@lemmy.world to c/pics@lemmy.world
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[–] wildflower@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Debian in the wild :-)

[–] abcd@feddit.de 9 points 2 years ago

Good to see I’m not the only one who was reminded of the Debian logo 😂

[–] mo_lave@reddthat.com 3 points 2 years ago

It's definitely a command by God to use Debian OS

[–] Holyhandgrenade@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I'm Icelandic and I've never
a) seen the Northern Lights appear while the sun is out
b) seen them form that shape, which seems off based on the angle
c) seen them in summer, which is when this seems to have been taken.

So yeah, my bullshit detector is going off right now.

[–] Jakdracula@lemmy.world 33 points 2 years ago (5 children)

I’m sure NASA will be interested to hear from you.

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/

[–] elmicha@feddit.de 9 points 2 years ago

Here it is on the photographer's Flickr. I think it says 6s exposure, so the photo doesn't look like seen through the naked eye.

[–] Cinner@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

lmaowow

[–] Holyhandgrenade@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Well damn, I'm humbled. Thanks for posting the link, I really didn't think that was real. The picture looks fake to me but I'm not gonna pretend I know better than NASA.

[–] oce@jlai.lu 5 points 2 years ago

The permanent link https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230730.html

The beauty is the aurora overhead, here taking the form of a great green spiral, seen between picturesque clouds with the bright Moon to the side and stars in the background.

[–] Alchemy@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Thank you for providing that link to verify the picture.

[–] nikt@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago

Pretty sure that’s the moon, not the sun. Looks like a long exposure.

[–] GONADS125@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I've never gotten to see them period.. Closest I got was a faint green whisp in one small section of sky when visiting a northern state here in the US. I'm determined to see it some day..

[–] EricIAm@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

I think you’re right. My first thought was that I didn’t think the lights are visible in the summer.

[–] stuck_in_the_shell@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago

The admins are finally upgrading to bookworm

[–] Dellyjonut@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

It looks like a fiddlehead fern