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A Blessed Nativity to all! Christ is Born!

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Christ is Born! Glorify Him!

Here is a Nativity 2017 aurora taken over Lapland:

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Here is another Blessed Nativity scene:

This type of aurora is called "Hem of His Garment," and this refers to Christ. It is unusual to see white and pink auroras.

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Taken by Aku Kankaanpää on January 6, 2017 @ Riisitunturi National Park, Posio, Finland

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Aurora G1 Storm The Other Night Was Amacing. She (the aurora) Came Over The Mountain Top Like A Vulcano :)
Taken by Tom Arne Moldenaes on January 5, 2017 @ Norway,Groetfjord

http://spaceweathergallery.com/indiv_up ... 330vchlrp4

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A Blessed Nativity to you, too, Maria ! Thanks for all your hard work on this board over the past years.

Stupendous photos you found : amazing to have found one named "The Hem of His Garment". Maybe that's a good sign for healing for any and all readers here during this year of 2017 !

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Christ is born! Can you say more about the Nativity Aurora?

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Christ is Born!

Glorify Him!

Unfortunately, since we are going into a Solar Minimum, there are not too many auroras being cited in the Northern Latitudes.
Below is one of the last photos and was dated January 4, 2018. I will watch tonight to see if any materialize.

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This lovely aurora was taken by Rayann Elzein on January 4, 2018 @ Inari, Finnish Lapland
Notice that the lake is not yet frozen. I guess the frigid weather from New York has not crossed the Atlantic yet.

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While there are no new postings of Nativity auroras this year,
I present to you a variety of You Tube videos for the Nativity of Christ.

Here is one from Fr. Panagiotes Carras with the children of his parish singing Nativity carols:

If you have any other Nativity youtube videos, please do post them.

In Greek:
Troparion:
Kontakion: (Greek and English)

In English:
Troparion: (OCA)
Troparion: (ROCOR)
Kontakion: (OCA)

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