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This is aurora borealis, correct? No, that's the Milky Way. Its most of the rest of the galaxy we're in seen edge-on. It looks curved in the picture because a quite wide angle lens was used.
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Olin Lathrop
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2021-11-06T15:08:11Z (about 3 years ago)
- <blockquote>This is aurora borealis, correct?</blockquote>
No, that's the Milky Way. Its most of the rest of the galaxy we're in seen edge-on. It looks curved like that in the picture because a quite wide angle lens was used.
- <blockquote>This is aurora borealis, correct?</blockquote>
- No, that's the Milky Way. Its most of the rest of the galaxy we're in seen edge-on. It looks curved in the picture because a quite wide angle lens was used.
#1: Initial revision
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Olin Lathrop
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2021-11-06T15:01:03Z (about 3 years ago)
<blockquote>This is aurora borealis, correct?</blockquote> No, that's the Milky Way. Its most of the rest of the galaxy we're in seen edge-on. It looks curved like that in the picture because a quite wide angle lens was used.