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Via Stranger Fruit comes this gorgeous shot of an aurora over Des Moines, Iowa.
Archibald A. Alexander – Noted Design and Construction Engineer
Best known for designing Washington, DC's Tidal Basin Bridge and Whitehurst Freeway; first black graduate of the University of Iowa's College of Engineering; served as territorial governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands
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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.