The Sky's Midnight Dance
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PrizeGold in Nature/Astrophotography
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PhotographerLi Shaojun, United States
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Date of Photograph20260323
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StudioXinhua-ZUMA Press, Inc.
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A long exposure shows star whirls and the aurora observed from Jiayin County, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Due to the influence of geomagnetic activities, several locations in China witnessed splendid auroras from the night of March 22 to the early morning of March 23.
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