Spooky Halloween Aurora

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Did you see ghosts and goblins last night for Halloween? Jason Ahrns of Chatanika, Alaska saw a dark shadow of a spooky ghost in the middle of a green aurora stream during his observing run on October 31, 2011. He used a Nikon D5000 to snap this eerie image.

See more from Jason at his Flickr page.

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