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                                   2022 March 22   
      
                     A Whale of an Aurora over Swedish Forest   
                      Image Credit & Copyright: G++ran Strand   
      
      Explanation: What's that in the sky? An aurora. A large coronal mass   
      ejection occurred on our Sun earlier this month, throwing a cloud of   
      fast-moving electrons, protons, and ions toward the Earth. Part of this   
      cloud impacted our Earth's magnetosphere and, bolstered by a sudden   
      gap, resulted in spectacular auroras being seen at some high northern   
      latitudes. Featured here is a particularly photogenic auroral corona   
      captured above a forest in Sweden from a scenic perch overlooking the   
      city of +ûstersund. To some, this shimmering green glow of recombining   
      atmospheric oxygen might appear like a large whale, but feel free to   
      share what it looks like to you. The unusually quiet Sun of the past   
      few years has now passed. As our Sun now approaches a solar maximum in   
      its 11-year solar magnetic cycle, dramatic auroras like this are sure   
      to continue.   
      
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