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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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                       written by a professional astronomer.   
      
                                    2024 May 17   
      
                              Aurora Banks Peninsula   
                       Image Credit & Copyright: Kavan Chay   
      
      Explanation: This well-composed composite panoramic view looks due   
      south from Banks Peninsula near Christchurch on New Zealand's South   
      Island. The base of a tower-like rocky sea stack is awash in the   
      foreground, with stars of the Southern Cross at the top of the frame   
      and planet Earth's south celestial pole near center. Still, captured on   
      May 11, vibrant aurora australis dominate the starry southern sea and   
      skyscape. The shimmering southern lights were part of extensive auroral   
      displays that entertained skywatchers in northern and southern   
      hemispheres around planet Earth, caused by intense geomagnetic storms.   
      The extreme spaceweather was triggered by the impact of coronal mass   
      ejections launched from powerful solar active region AR 3664.   
      
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