Aurora Borealis?

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• OccamsTeapot@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  At this time of year, at this time of the day, in this part of the country? Localized entirely within your kitchen?!

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  • dingus@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I will absolutely never not hear principal Skinner whenever I hear or read the words “Aurora borealis”.

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  • Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yes!?

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    • dingus@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      May I see it?

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• Eheran@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  So little text and still wrong. Why not at least read about it in Wikipedia? Or ask GPT?

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  • Redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Could you correct us for us mere mortals without in-depth airora knowledge?

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    • Eheran@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Sure. Red: It is the lower concentration of oxygen but also/mostly the lower overall pressure (lower number of partciles per volume). Only with lower pressure can there be fewer collisions and thus the exited state is not quenched.

      Green: Any interaction of a random atom and the exited oxygen atom, that would otherwise emit red light, quenches the red light emission. Thus the faster green transition can take over.

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• niktemadur@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Of course there had to be a persistent marine layer in my night skies these past few days. It’s probably going to go away at the same time the auroras are.

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• BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This is nice to know!

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