Comments on: The green fire of the aurora, seen from space http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/04/03/the-green-fire-of-the-aurora-seen-from-space/ Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:12:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: bassmanpete http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/04/03/the-green-fire-of-the-aurora-seen-from-space/#comment-327734 bassmanpete Wed, 04 Apr 2012 22:20:37 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=46864#comment-327734 @ Hugo; economic crisis, weather, flatulence? Which is it? @ Hugo; economic crisis, weather, flatulence? Which is it?

]]> By: Hugo Schmidt http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/04/03/the-green-fire-of-the-aurora-seen-from-space/#comment-327733 Hugo Schmidt Wed, 04 Apr 2012 09:35:07 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=46864#comment-327733 Is this CME causing the we're having? Is this CME causing the we’re having?

]]> By: Lab Lemming http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/04/03/the-green-fire-of-the-aurora-seen-from-space/#comment-327732 Lab Lemming Wed, 04 Apr 2012 02:17:32 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=46864#comment-327732 So do these astronauts ever think, "In order to impact the atmosphere and ionize all that oxygen to make the pretty green light, all these high energy particles need to pass through our bodies first on their way down." So do these astronauts ever think,
“In order to impact the atmosphere and ionize all that oxygen to make the pretty green light, all these high energy particles need to pass through our bodies first on their way down.”

]]> By: Blargh http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/04/03/the-green-fire-of-the-aurora-seen-from-space/#comment-327731 Blargh Tue, 03 Apr 2012 17:28:34 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=46864#comment-327731 @ Sam42 <blockquote>Is there a real-time video taken from the ISS online anywhere? I’d love to see how fast the Earth actually appears to move below them… I assume it is much slower than in this!</blockquote> A movie was released last year to celebrate the 50th anniversary of man in space that used footage from the ISS to recreate the views of the Earth that Gagarin could have seen: <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKs6ikmrLgg" rel="nofollow">First Orbit</a></i>. 1 hour 40 minutes of realtime space footage, with an original soundtrack + the actual mission audio recordings! But the ISS is <i>fast</i>. It has an orbital period - the time it takes to complete one full orbit - of just an hour and and a half. @ Sam42

Is there a real-time video taken from the ISS online anywhere? I’d love to see how fast the Earth actually appears to move below them… I assume it is much slower than in this!

A movie was released last year to celebrate the 50th anniversary of man in space that used footage from the ISS to recreate the views of the Earth that Gagarin could have seen: First Orbit.
1 hour 40 minutes of realtime space footage, with an original soundtrack + the actual mission audio recordings!

But the ISS is fast. It has an orbital period – the time it takes to complete one full orbit – of just an hour and and a half.

]]> By: Chris A. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/04/03/the-green-fire-of-the-aurora-seen-from-space/#comment-327730 Chris A. Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:38:33 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=46864#comment-327730 I can't help but wonder if, in addition to appreciating the beauty, astronauts find the aurora a little bit chilling, knowing that, like the atmosphere, they too are receiving a larger-than-normal dose of ionizing radiation. I can’t help but wonder if, in addition to appreciating the beauty, astronauts find the aurora a little bit chilling, knowing that, like the atmosphere, they too are receiving a larger-than-normal dose of ionizing radiation.

]]> By: Todd W. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/04/03/the-green-fire-of-the-aurora-seen-from-space/#comment-327729 Todd W. Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:38:30 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=46864#comment-327729 Now, the real question is, where was this actually filmed? It is clearly a fake. As we know from moon landing pictures, there are no stars visible in the sky. So why are there stars? Hmm? Answer me that, Mr. I'm-an-astronomer-who-wrote-a-book!!!one!eleventy!! Took me a few playbacks to see the satellite. If anyone else missed it, too, make sure to up the quality and view in full-screen. The speck starts off "behind" the bright spot of the aurorae above the left limb of the Earth. Now, the real question is, where was this actually filmed? It is clearly a fake. As we know from moon landing pictures, there are no stars visible in the sky. So why are there stars? Hmm? Answer me that, Mr. I’m-an-astronomer-who-wrote-a-book!!!one!eleventy!!

Took me a few playbacks to see the satellite. If anyone else missed it, too, make sure to up the quality and view in full-screen. The speck starts off “behind” the bright spot of the aurorae above the left limb of the Earth.

]]> By: cchana http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/04/03/the-green-fire-of-the-aurora-seen-from-space/#comment-327728 cchana Tue, 03 Apr 2012 14:48:57 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=46864#comment-327728 Just stunning. They look beautiful from here on Earth, but even more so from way, WAY above! Just stunning. They look beautiful from here on Earth, but even more so from way, WAY above!

]]> By: Blargh http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/04/03/the-green-fire-of-the-aurora-seen-from-space/#comment-327727 Blargh Tue, 03 Apr 2012 14:36:40 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=46864#comment-327727 Gorgeous! Gorgeous!

]]> By: Sam42 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/04/03/the-green-fire-of-the-aurora-seen-from-space/#comment-327726 Sam42 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 12:57:44 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=46864#comment-327726 Is there a real-time video taken from the ISS online anywhere? I'd love to see how fast the Earth actually appears to move below them... I assume it is much slower than in this! Is there a real-time video taken from the ISS online anywhere? I’d love to see how fast the Earth actually appears to move below them… I assume it is much slower than in this!

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