Bugger! Didn't see anything like that out here in eastern Iowa...Des Moines gets all the fun.
(Oh, and what was the previous reason for moving to Iowa? :) )
Great photo, makes one want to see the poles even more. A very exciting cosmic-ray experiment called ANITA is floating over Antarctica as we speak.
"Great photo, makes one want to see the poles even more."
I can't find a reference right now, but from what I understand, the aurora can't be seen very well from the north or south pole due to the shape of earth's magnetic field.
![i-88cebfdc7d734431b0b60c830ef26108-400_auroraiowa_richard_big[4].jpg](http://scienceblogs.com/strangerfruit/wp-content/blogs.dir/280/files/2012/04/i-88cebfdc7d734431b0b60c830ef26108-400_auroraiowa_richard_big[4].jpg)
Bugger! Didn't see anything like that out here in eastern Iowa...Des Moines gets all the fun.
(Oh, and what was the previous reason for moving to Iowa? :) )
Great photo, makes one want to see the poles even more. A very exciting cosmic-ray experiment called ANITA is floating over Antarctica as we speak.
"Great photo, makes one want to see the poles even more."
I can't find a reference right now, but from what I understand, the aurora can't be seen very well from the north or south pole due to the shape of earth's magnetic field.