Norway!

World's Largest Solar Production Plant

Norway is the headquarters for a huge solar production plant, owned by REC Group. They have taken the emissions problem seriously and they now plan to be carbon neutral twenty years sooner than originally expected. They have expanded with 5 different sales offices and production facilities in the US. Visit their site to find where they are and any information about their company. http://www.recgroup.com/

Northern Lights

The rainbow in the night

When looking at pictures of the northern lights, they all seem computer made and unreal, but they are really real. These Northern lights or aurora borealis are produced when the sun ejects a cloud of gas from solar activity, if this cloud reaches the earth within 2 or 3 days, it can collide with the magnetic force of the earth. This collision causes changes that make charged particles that are boosted with energy and when they collide with oxygen and nitrogen atoms that are in the atmosphere, they produce dazzling auroral light. 

The best places to see these lights are above the arctic circle in northern Norway. The most frequent time to see these lights are in late autumn, winter and early spring where the days are shorter with day light.

A major fjord in Norway:

Also, if anyone is interested in going to the presentation by Dr. Carla Koretsky that Suzanne posted on her wall http://getoutanddosomething.tumblr.com/ for the cause and effect of pollutants in our lakes on Wednesday (04/20) at 1:30 in Wood, there is a correction: WMU STUDENTS AND FALCUTY DON'T HAVE TO PRE-REGISTER OR PAY  to go to this presentation. So please come, it's free and sweet!