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Originally posted by BrnBdry
You really can't tell that that is a fake picture? HONESTLY???????? I mean seriously? Really seriously dude......... seriously!
Originally posted by BrnBdry
This place is moderated very well, and I wonder sometimes why things like this are allowed to become a thread/conversation when it's so clearly not real.
Originally posted by TsunamiLight
Anyways, I didn't see such a hole that large..
Aurorae are produced by the collision of charged particles from Earth's magnetosphere, mostly electrons but also protons and heavier particles, with atoms and molecules of Earth's upper atmosphere (at altitudes above 80 km (50 miles)). The particles have energies of 1 to 100 keV. They originate from the Sun and arrive at the vicinity of Earth in the relatively low-energy solar wind. When the trapped magnetic field of the solar wind is favourably oriented (principally southwards) it connects with Earth's magnetic field, and solar particles enter the magnetosphere and are swept to the magnetotail. Further magnetic reconnection accelerates the particles towards Earth.