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Greenland's green auroras

When the Vikings reached Greenland in the ~9th Century they must have been looking for color inspiration in naming the ice-bound island. The Northern Lights of the night sky may have helped them. Research on auroras has observed strikingly beautiful green displays there. [caption id="attachment_6806" align="aligncenter" width="1400" caption="Greenland aurora (credit: Staryearth.com)"][/caption] WHB
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