{"id":28984,"date":"2022-02-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/?post_type=purple_issue&#038;p=28984"},"modified":"2022-03-23T13:16:08","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T13:16:08","slug":"get-to-know-the-shapes-of-the-aurora","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/2022\/02\/10\/get-to-know-the-shapes-of-the-aurora\/","title":{"rendered":"Get to know the shapes of the aurora"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center article-full-subhead\">Learn the forms of the natural world\u2019s most stunning light show<\/h4>\n\n<p class=\"sans-serif article-full-lead\">There has recently been an uplift in dramatic aurora displays, which ties in with increased activity in the Sun\u2019s latest solar cycle. These beautiful photos, taken in Finland and Norway by Markus Varick in late 2021, are awash with aurora forms. Here, plasma scientist Dr Melanie Windridge explains the main forms to look out for in a display.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"no-tts wp-block-image alignfull size-large article-in-image photo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"503\" src=\"https:\/\/dj9jqhxgw9833.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-09-at-12.51.37-1024x503.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-29531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-09-at-12.51.37-1024x503.png 1024w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-09-at-12.51.37-300x147.png 300w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-09-at-12.51.37-768x377.png 768w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-09-at-12.51.37-1536x755.png 1536w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-09-at-12.51.37.png 1803w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-uagb-section uagb-section__wrap uagb-section__background-undefined uagb-block-d41f0c7d-56d8-43fd-af84-2ac37863e12b article-boxout\"><div class=\"uagb-section__overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"uagb-section__inner-wrap\">\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center\">Capturing the aurora<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center sans-serif article-full-lead\"><strong>Photographer Markus Varik explains how he shot his two images <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">\u201cThe idea for the main picture came about in the early hours of 12 October 2021, when a G2 (moderate) geomagnetic storm reached Earth. The evening weather forecast was promising, so we headed to Finland and drove for three hours. We found these astonishing clear skies on the coast and didn\u2019t have to wait long \u2013 the aurora was pure magic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">\u201cThe inset image was taken above Troms\u00f8, Norway, on 3 November. It had been raining for hours, and the next moment there were clear skies \u2013 we<span> had the best aurora crown we\u2019ve seen for years!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\"><strong>Equipment: <\/strong>Canon 5D DSLR cameras, Sigma 20mm f\/1.4 and 14mm f\/1.8 lenses<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator is-style-default\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\"><strong>Markus Varik <\/strong>is an aurora photographer and tour guide based in Troms\u00f8, Norway. For more details see <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/greenlander.no\">https:\/\/greenlander.no<\/a> <\/strong>and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/greenlander_tromso\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"www.instagram.com\/greenlander_tromso\">www.instagram.com\/greenlander_tromso <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<p class=\"footer\">Photos: Markus Varik<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn the forms of the natural world\u2019s most stunning light show<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":29531,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ub_ctt_via":"","purple_page_number":"40","purple_custom_meta_purple_page_number":"40","purple_seq_number":"1","purple_custom_meta_purple_seq_number":"1","purple_source_article":"article_40-1.xml","purple_custom_meta_purple_source_article":"article_40-1.xml","purple_source_issue":"March-2022","purple_custom_meta_purple_source_issue":"March-2022","purple_external_id":"March-2022-40-1","purple_custom_meta_purple_external_id":"March-2022-40-1","purple_issue_code":"|0000086550||","purple_custom_meta_purple_issue_code":"|0000086550||","purple_android_product":"com.im.skyatnight.202","purple_custom_meta_purple_android_product":"com.im.skyatnight.202","purple_ios_product":"com.im.skyatnight.202","purple_custom_meta_purple_ios_product":"com.im.skyatnight.202","purple_web_product":"","purple_custom_meta_purple_web_product":"","purple_publication_id":"075fab74-0a21-4201-866a-899d6c41c40c","purple_migrated":"","kt_blocks_editor_width":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[14],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-09-at-12.51.37.png","author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"2","apple_news_title":""},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-09-at-12.51.37.png",1803,886,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-09-at-12.51.37-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-09-at-12.51.37-300x147.png",300,147,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-09-at-12.51.37-768x377.png",768,377,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-09-at-12.51.37-1024x503.png",800,393,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-09-at-12.51.37-1536x755.png",1536,755,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-09-at-12.51.37.png",1803,886,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Learn the forms of the natural world\u2019s most stunning light show","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28984"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28984"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28984\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29795,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28984\/revisions\/29795"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}