Aurora fact and myth
Christine April 9th, 2007
This photo won the Wikipedia Commons Award for 2006. The imagine has been photoshopped but still is amazing: taken at Bear Lake, Alaska. Wikepedia has more Aurora photos here.
“Early Eskimos and Indians believed different legends about the Northern Lights, such as they were the souls of animals dancing in the sky or the souls of fallen enemies trying to rise again.” (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joshua Strang)
“Aurora was the ancient Roman equivalent of Eos, the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn. Aurora is the Latin word for dawn. Aurora renews herself every morning at dawn and flies across the sky, announcing the morning’s arrival. Her siblings consist of a brother (the sun), and a sister (the moon). She also has many husbands and four sons, one for each cardinal direction: North, East, South, and West.”
You may view other Aurora facts and photos here.
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