{"id":49978,"date":"2021-08-15T06:53:30","date_gmt":"2021-08-15T10:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=49978"},"modified":"2021-08-15T07:13:56","modified_gmt":"2021-08-15T11:13:56","slug":"dan-watches-aurora-as-seen-from-the-iss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/dan-watches-aurora-as-seen-from-the-iss\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan watches aurora as seen from the ISS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/ISS-Aurora-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-49979\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/ISS-Aurora-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/ISS-Aurora-1.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/ISS-Aurora-1-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/ISS-Aurora-1-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/ISS-Aurora-1-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/ISS-Aurora-1-624x351.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><em><strong>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Van Hoy, who writes:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">I just happened to stop by the ISS live stream and catch a very substantial aurora. Not what we want for good shortwave radio conditions, but a wonderful sight nevertheless. Astute observers will note the location of the ISS and the fact that it&#8217;s not likely an aurora would extend to that area. It appears this moment was pre recorded to fill in some dead air (LOS). Still a thrill to see. Nice, peaceful music on the Youtube stream too!<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Two sites for ISS live stream viewing are:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eol.jsc.nasa.gov\/ESRS\/HDEV\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/eol.jsc.nasa.gov\/ESRS\/HDEV\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">and<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EEIk7gwjgIM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">73, Dan&#8230;VR2HF<\/p>\n<p>Wow! Thank you, Dan. I find the ISS live feed mesmerizing. If I had decent Internet at home, I believe I would keep the feed live on a monitor at all times.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for sharing this!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Van Hoy, who writes: I just happened to stop by the ISS live stream and catch a very substantial aurora. Not what we want for good shortwave radio conditions, but a wonderful sight nevertheless. Astute observers will note the location of the ISS and the fact that it&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,554],"tags":[4794,4000],"class_list":["post-49978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-slightly-off-topic","tag-dan-vr2hf","tag-international-space-station"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-d06","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":23360,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/ariss-contact-today-stream-on-the-web-or-perhaps-listen-with-your-radio\/","url_meta":{"origin":49978,"position":0},"title":"ARISS contact today: stream on the web or perhaps listen with your radio!","author":"Thomas","date":"January 12, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Last night, my buddy Eric McFadden (WD8RIF) notified me that the International Space Station would be making a pass this morning and doing an ARISS contact with three schools in Belgium. 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