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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our   
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                                    2024 May 12   
      Red and purple aurora appear over a field in Poland. A tree is seen to   
      the right, and a person stands in the distance holding a glowing phone.   
             Please see the explanation for more detailed information.   
      
                              Red Aurora over Poland   
                     Image Credit & Copyright: Mariusz Durlej   
      
      Explanation: Northern lights don't usually reach this far south.   
      Magnetic chaos in the Sun's huge Active Region 3664, however, produced   
      a surface explosion that sent a burst of electrons, protons, and more   
      massive, charged nuclei into the Solar System. A few days later, that   
      coronal mass ejection (CME) impacted the Earth and triggered auroras   
      that are being reported unusually far from our planet's north and south   
      poles. The free sky show might not be over -- the sunspot rich AR3664   
      has ejected even more CMEs that might also impact the Earth tonight or   
      tomorrow. That active region is now near the Sun's edge, though, and   
      will soon be rotating away from the Earth. Pictured, a red and rayed   
      aurora was captured in a single 6-second exposure from Racib+|rz, Poland   
      early last night. The photographer's friend, seeing an aurora for the   
      first time, is visible in the distance also taking images of the   
      beautifully colorful nighttime sky.   
      
               Gallery: Global Aurora from Solar Active Region 6443   
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