# WHat's a good source of polar aurora film?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 9, 2008, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-source-of-polar-aurora-film/436971 "2008-02-09T23:12:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![CC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2008, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-source-of-polar-aurora-film/436971/1 "2008-02-09T23:12:23Z")

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I remember seeing a movie taken from a satellite a great distance from the earth, showing a timelapse view of the aurora. Does anyone have any idea how I could find that? It was a view down onto one of the poles, I assume North, but I don’t really know why. Thanks. Xo, C.

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**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2008, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-source-of-polar-aurora-film/436971/2 "2008-02-10T02:14:55Z")

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[Here’s one.](http://tivac.com/images/backgrounds/AuroraBorealis.jpg)

Google is your friend.

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**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2008, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-source-of-polar-aurora-film/436971/3 "2008-02-10T04:20:07Z")

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[QUOTE=Oslo Ostragoth]  
[Here’s one.](http://tivac.com/images/backgrounds/AuroraBorealis.jpg)

Google is your friend.  
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That’s not a movie. Reading is your friend.

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**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2008, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-source-of-polar-aurora-film/436971/4 "2008-02-10T04:24:22Z")

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[QUOTE=USCDiver]  
That’s not a movie. Reading is your friend.  
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Saw “movie”. Brain said “picture”. :smack:

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**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2008, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-source-of-polar-aurora-film/436971/5 "2008-02-10T04:26:26Z")

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I can’t find a movie from orbit either…

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**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2008, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-source-of-polar-aurora-film/436971/6 "2008-02-10T04:36:06Z")

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Found ya [one](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmZBteXHjEE), though. Is this it?