{"id":597,"date":"2016-01-02T00:22:06","date_gmt":"2016-01-01T12:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traceoflight.net\/blog\/?p=597"},"modified":"2017-03-21T00:25:03","modified_gmt":"2017-03-20T12:25:03","slug":"happy-new-year-aurora","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traceoflight.net\/blog\/2016\/01\/happy-new-year-aurora\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy New Year Aurora 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was a beautiful treat to see quite a long aurora from the start of this year.<br \/>\nStarting sometime after midnight and kept glowing with waves and beams until the twilight painted light over the aurora.<br \/>\nIt is summer now in New Zealand and my four year old son was delighted to come with me as it is warm even at night.<\/p>\n<p>Companion for the new years aurora was the moon, which dramatically came up after the new year fireworks and opened the entrance to the aurora that followed.<br \/>\nIt was a great aurora from the beginning of the year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/traceoflight.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Spaceweather.com-2016-01-01-toppage.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-601\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-601 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/traceoflight.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Spaceweather.com-2016-01-01-toppage-269x300.png\" alt=\"Spaceweather.com 2016-01-01 toppage copyright spaceweather.com \" width=\"576\" height=\"642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traceoflight.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Spaceweather.com-2016-01-01-toppage-269x300.png 269w, https:\/\/traceoflight.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Spaceweather.com-2016-01-01-toppage-768x857.png 768w, https:\/\/traceoflight.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Spaceweather.com-2016-01-01-toppage-918x1024.png 918w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a>Spaceweather.com 2016-01-01 toppage<br \/>\ncopyright spaceweather.com<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-604 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/traceoflight.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/sw_traceoflight_0649-300x154.jpg\" alt=\"traceoflight_newyear_aurora_1am\" width=\"708\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traceoflight.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/sw_traceoflight_0649-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/traceoflight.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/sw_traceoflight_0649-768x395.jpg 768w, https:\/\/traceoflight.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/sw_traceoflight_0649-1024x526.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/traceoflight.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/sw_traceoflight_0649.jpg 1460w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 708px) 100vw, 708px\" \/>After midnight<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/traceoflight.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/sw_traceoflight_0959.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-605\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-605 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/traceoflight.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/sw_traceoflight_0959-300x137.jpg\" alt=\"sw_traceoflight_0959\" width=\"738\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traceoflight.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/sw_traceoflight_0959-300x137.jpg 300w, https:\/\/traceoflight.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/sw_traceoflight_0959-768x351.jpg 768w, https:\/\/traceoflight.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/sw_traceoflight_0959-1024x468.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/traceoflight.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/sw_traceoflight_0959.jpg 1460w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 738px) 100vw, 738px\" \/><\/a>Before dawn<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/traceoflight.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/moon_jupiter_1295.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-611\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/traceoflight.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/planet_newyears.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-923\" src=\"http:\/\/traceoflight.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/planet_newyears-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"planetmoons_newyears\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traceoflight.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/planet_newyears-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/traceoflight.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/planet_newyears-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/traceoflight.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/planet_newyears-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/traceoflight.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/planet_newyears-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/traceoflight.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/planet_newyears.jpg 1564w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>Earth and\u00a0Jupiter&#8217;s moons<br \/>\nat New years morning<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For further information<br \/>\nIn English<a href=\"http:\/\/spaceweathergallery.com\/indiv_upload.php?upload_id=121317\"><br \/>\nhttp:\/\/spaceweathergallery.com\/indiv_upload.php?upload_id=121317<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">In Japanese<br \/>\nSpace Weather news site spreading on 2 days<a href=\"http:\/\/swnews.jp\/2016\/swnews_1601031123.html\"><br \/>\nhttp:\/\/swnews.jp\/2016\/swnews_1601031123.html<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/swnews.jp\/2016\/swnews_1601041332.html\"><br \/>\nhttp:\/\/swnews.jp\/2016\/swnews_1601041332.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was a beautiful treat to see quite a long aurora from the start of 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