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Low Altitude Aurora
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Low Altitude Aurora

  • G. C. SIMPSON1 

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MR. AXEL COBLIN 1 has described an observation which has convinced him that the aurora can appear under the clouds. I have also observed a similar phenomenon; but in circumstances which made it possible for me to convince myself that the whole effect was an illusion and that the aurora was above and not below the clouds.

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