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30 Nov 2016
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Christmas Aurora book ideas

Sticky Post By Melanie Windridge On November 30, 2016

Christmas is just around the corner so here are some book ideas for the aurora fanatic in your life. Hopefully they have already read mine! Here are some others they might find interesting, inspiring or fun!

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05 Oct 2016
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Surprising power of solar storms

Sticky Post By Melanie Windridge On October 5, 2016
Infrared emission of the atmosphere showing that much of the energy dumped into the atmosphere during a solar storm is re-radiated.

A video from NASA tells the story of a big solar storm in March 2012 and what happens to all the energy dumped into the atmosphere at these times.

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07 Sep 2016
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Tales of an aurora addict 2

Sticky Post By Melanie Windridge On September 7, 2016

Aurora addict Rosie Thompson continues her aurora story with a mini-break to Abisko and a beautiful northern lights display.

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25 Aug 2016
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Tales of an aurora addict 1

Sticky Post By Melanie Windridge On August 25, 2016

Aurora addict Rosie Thompson tells us about her numerous visits to the Arctic to see the northern lights.

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28 Jul 2016
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Wanting my life back…

Sticky Post By Melanie Windridge On July 28, 2016

Worrying about the ever-lengthening To Do list, I found myself thinking, à la Nigel Farage, “I want my life back!” But then I thought…

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27 Jul 2016
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How NOT to photograph the aurora

Sticky Post By Melanie Windridge On July 27, 2016
Northern Lights over Orkney on a cloudy, moonlit night.

Andy Sawyers relates his story of seeing the aurora in Orkney and trying to photograph them unprepared.

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01 Jun 2016
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5 fascinating Antarctica facts

Sticky Post By Melanie Windridge On June 1, 2016

I would love to go to Antarctica and I’m making plans for my next project. Here are 5 crazy things I’ve learnt about Antarctica recently.

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