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Earth photos or video. This sub is the saidit version of Earthporn, since they don't want 'xPorn' subs.
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This is for photography of nature generally without any people/cars/etc in view.
Northern lights in Northern Minnesota.
submitted 4 years ago by Anticapitalist from i.redd.it
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Here's a map of the odds of seeing an aurora in different places in the northern hemisphere: https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3165/2849896588_fe971014a7_z.jpg?zz=1
It happens like this because of the magnetic field of the earth, which guides charged particles to group in certain areas (the poles, basically) as they fall to earth. Weird how it makes that ring shape though, never noticed that before. Interesting stuff imo
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