David Cartier
Excited Oxygen
It's the atoms of oxygen which are stimulated to create these emerald waves.
A living planet has a green Aurora.
Without plants , without grass, trees, flowers, forests, jungles we would not see this ....
A series of 2 to 4 sec. exposures taken a few seconds apart during the Northern Lights' most active moments, above Whitehorse, Yukon, Feb. 14.
(those who know the stars can measure the scale of this image by the stars of Ursa Major, the big dipper, at upper right, the constellation Cassiopeia at upper left and the bright stars Deneb and Sadr of the constellation Cygnus the swan, at center left)
Excited Oxygen
It's the atoms of oxygen which are stimulated to create these emerald waves.
A living planet has a green Aurora.
Without plants , without grass, trees, flowers, forests, jungles we would not see this ....
A series of 2 to 4 sec. exposures taken a few seconds apart during the Northern Lights' most active moments, above Whitehorse, Yukon, Feb. 14.
(those who know the stars can measure the scale of this image by the stars of Ursa Major, the big dipper, at upper right, the constellation Cassiopeia at upper left and the bright stars Deneb and Sadr of the constellation Cygnus the swan, at center left)