{"id":1319,"date":"2013-03-24T04:40:56","date_gmt":"2013-03-24T04:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1319"},"modified":"2013-03-24T04:40:56","modified_gmt":"2013-03-24T04:40:56","slug":"the-shimmering-aurora-borealis-and-a-comet-in-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1319","title":{"rendered":"The shimmering Aurora Borealis and a comet in view"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alan Boyle collects several videos and images of recent aurora activity and Comet PanSTARRS: <a href=\"http:\/\/photoblog.nbcnews.com\/_news\/2013\/03\/22\/17419295-northern-lights-dance-with-a-comet?chromedomain=cosmiclog\" target=\"_d\">Northern lights dance with a comet &#8211; PhotoBlog<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZmVK0ESAyG4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/62336841\" height=\"281\" width=\"500\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/62336841\">Aurora Borealis and Comet Pan-STARRS in Abisko National Park on 3-20-13<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/user5959635\">Lights Over Lapland<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alan Boyle collects several videos and images of recent aurora activity and Comet PanSTARRS: Northern lights dance with a comet &#8211; PhotoBlog Aurora Borealis and Comet Pan-STARRS in Abisko National Park on 3-20-13 from Lights Over Lapland on Vimeo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[36,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-multiple-media","category-space-science"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-lh","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":27667,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=27667","url_meta":{"origin":1319,"position":0},"title":"Night sky highlights for November 2025","author":"TopSpacer","date":"November 4, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Check out the night sky this month, November 2025. 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