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  • Charles C. Georgeson. Photo by E.W. Merrill, public domain.

    The gardening potential of the Far North

    January 04, 2021

    More than 100 years ago, a man traveled north on a mission most people thought was ridiculous -- to see if crops would grow in the frozen wasteland known as the Territory of ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥.
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  • Image courtesy of Krista Trinder and NASA The Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement, visible as a pink band rising from the lower left to upper right of this photograph, appears with the Milky Way over Childs Lake, Manitoba, Canada. Scientists have recently confirmed STEVE is a unique phenomenon and not a kind of aurora, as previously thought. The picture is a composite of 11 images stitched together.

    It's not aurora, it's STEVE

    September 04, 2019

    Aurora-watchers gazing at spectacular displays over the Labor Day weekend may have been seeing more than the northern lights. They may have been dazzled by STEVE as well.
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