{"id":12043,"date":"2009-12-09T11:35:11","date_gmt":"2009-12-09T09:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=12043"},"modified":"2009-12-09T11:35:11","modified_gmt":"2009-12-09T09:35:11","slug":"spiral-in-the-norway-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2009\/12\/09\/spiral-in-the-norway-sky\/","title":{"rendered":"Spiral in the Norway sky"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>We&#8217;ve all seen pictures of the Northern Lights before, but we haven&#8217;t seen anything like this.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12044\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2009\/12\/09\/spiral-in-the-norway-sky\/norway_spiral_sky\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/norway_spiral_sky.jpg?fit=500%2C333&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,333\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Spiral in the Norway sky\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/norway_spiral_sky.jpg?fit=500%2C333&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12044\" title=\"Spiral in the Norway sky\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/norway_spiral_sky.jpg?resize=500%2C333&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Spiral in the Norway sky\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/norway_spiral_sky.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/norway_spiral_sky.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Quite a few people observed a spiral (and a spinning one at that) in the Norway sky. \u00a0I haven&#8217;t seen any good explanations of the phenomena yet, but<a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=norway+spiral+sky\"> it&#8217;s all over the Internet<\/a>. \u00a0Some of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itromso.no\/bilder\/article316420.ece?imageIndex=0#pageTop\">Norway newspapers<\/a> are sharing amateur pictures from witnesses.<\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"http:\/\/drugoi.livejournal.com\/3114249.html\">this LiveJournal post<\/a> (in Russian).<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>We&#8217;ve all seen pictures of the Northern Lights before, but we haven&#8217;t seen anything like this. 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