this post was submitted on 30 Jul 2023
587 points (99.3% liked)

pics

19781 readers
494 users here now

Rules:

1.. Please mark original photos with [OC] in the title if you're the photographer

2..Pictures containing a politician from any country or planet are prohibited, this is a community voted on rule.

3.. Image must be a photograph, no AI or digital art.

4.. No NSFW/Cosplay/Spam/Trolling images.

5.. Be civil. No racism or bigotry.

Photo of the Week Rule(s):

1.. On Fridays, the most upvoted original, marked [OC], photo posted between Friday and Thursday will be the next week's banner and featured photo.

2.. The weekly photos will be saved for an end of the year run off.

Weeks 2023

Instance-wide rules always apply. https://mastodon.world/about

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 
top 15 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] wildflower 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Good to see I’m not the only one who was reminded of the Debian logo 😂

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It's definitely a command by God to use Debian OS

[–] Holyhandgrenade 15 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I'm Icelandic and I've never
a) seen the Northern Lights appear while the sun is out
b) seen them form that shape, which seems off based on the angle
c) seen them in summer, which is when this seems to have been taken.

So yeah, my bullshit detector is going off right now.

[–] Jakdracula 33 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I’m sure NASA will be interested to hear from you.

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Here it is on the photographer's Flickr. I think it says 6s exposure, so the photo doesn't look like seen through the naked eye.

[–] Cinner 7 points 1 year ago
[–] Holyhandgrenade 6 points 1 year ago

Well damn, I'm humbled. Thanks for posting the link, I really didn't think that was real. The picture looks fake to me but I'm not gonna pretend I know better than NASA.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

The permanent link https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230730.html

The beauty is the aurora overhead, here taking the form of a great green spiral, seen between picturesque clouds with the bright Moon to the side and stars in the background.

[–] Alchemy 3 points 1 year ago

Thank you for providing that link to verify the picture.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Pretty sure that’s the moon, not the sun. Looks like a long exposure.

[–] GONADS125 2 points 1 year ago

I've never gotten to see them period.. Closest I got was a faint green whisp in one small section of sky when visiting a northern state here in the US. I'm determined to see it some day..

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I think you’re right. My first thought was that I didn’t think the lights are visible in the summer.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

The admins are finally upgrading to bookworm

[–] Dellyjonut 3 points 1 year ago

It looks like a fiddlehead fern