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And now for some artwork that is not paleontological: a coin that I designed for the Royal Canadian Mint, featuring an Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) under aurora borealis, has been released by the Mint. The aurora borealis is a phenomenon resulting from the interaction of charged, high energy solar wind particles colliding with atoms in our upper atmosphere as they slide down the magnetic field lines of Earths Van Allen belt. The latter is the electromagnetic phenomenon resulting from the dynamic metallic core of the Earth and makes the surface habitable to life, such as the Arctic fox. Aurora exist near both magnetic poles, and they are called aurora australis in the southern hemisphere. The magnetic poles actually wander around true north and south by up to 15 degrees over the course of 110 years in the north and about 2 degrees over the same interval in the south. The terrestrial range of the Arctic fox has encompassed magnetic north until about 1990, and the viewing of the northern lights has always been spectacular over its range. The mintage of this silver coin is 8500. mint.ca/store/coins/coin-prod2150103?lang=en_CA&sp_mid=9355054&sp_rid=anVsaXVzLmNzb3RvbnlpQGdtYWlsLmNvbQS2&spMailingID=9355054&spUserID=MTE3MTA4NzgyMDgS1&spJobID=380143650&spReportId=MzgwMTQzNjUwS0#.VAX69k1MtaQ
Posted on: Tue, 02 Sep 2014 17:54:35 +0000

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