Aurora 2012
Glowing skies like these must have sent our ancestors running for the nearest cave oracle, where they would beg for mercy from the sky dragons and burn the fattest calf in hopes that they wouldn’t be eaten.
Luckily for us, we know that there’s nothing to be afraid of when we see beautiful aurorae. The recent spike in solar activity has provided far northern Earthlings with a light show of truly epic proportions. This most recent one peaked over the last couple weeks, and here’s a time-lapse of images from it by Christian Mülhauser.
Sit back, full screen, HD, relax and go “AHHHH”.
(by Christian Mülhauser)
(via n-a-s-a)