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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our   
         fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation   
                       written by a professional astronomer.   
      
                                  2024 August 14   
       A night sky filled with stars is colored partly purple by an aurora.   
         Also visible are several streaks which are meteors in this image   
      composite. In the foreground is a field and lone tree. Part of the tree   
       slants at the nearly the same angle of the meteor streaks. Please see   
                  the explanation for more detailed information.   
      
                          Meteors and Aurora over Germany   
                     Image Credit & Copyright: Chantal Anders   
      
      Explanation: This was an unusual night. For one thing, the night sky of   
      August 11 and 12, earlier this week, occurred near the peak of the   
      annual Perseid Meteor Shower. Therefore, meteors streaked across the   
      dark night as small bits cast off from Comet Swift-Tuttle came crashing   
      into the Earth's atmosphere. Even more unusually, for central Germany   
      at least, the night sky glowed purple. The red-blue hue was due to   
      aurora caused by an explosion of particles from the Sun a few days   
      before. This auroral storm was so intense that it was seen as far south   
      as Texas and Italy, in Earth's northern hemisphere. The featured image   
      composite was built from 7 exposures taken over 26 minutes from Ense,   
      Germany. The Perseids occur predictably every August, but auroras   
      visible this far south are more unusual and less predictable.   
      
                  Gallery: Perseid Meteor Shower 2024 and Aurorae   
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