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<\/a>They saw the aurora, but it is a report about \u201cyesterday\u201d, not right now.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n A system of this kind is totally new for space science, so we will be evaluating the effectiveness of the system. Bear with us and with your help, the job can become easier! Thanks, Aurorasaurus users!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As you use Aurorasaurus, you will see many tweets of beautiful aurora pictures. But you\u2019re going to have to ask yourself\u2014is this report a real-time aurora observation or another pretty picture? The answer is not always clear. Aurorasaurus aims to capture information about aurora in real-time. While we always love to see beautiful aurora pictures,… Read More »Tweet Verification 101: Was that a real-time aurora observation or another pretty picture?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-about-aurorasaurus","category-tweets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.aurorasaurus.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.aurorasaurus.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.aurorasaurus.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.aurorasaurus.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.aurorasaurus.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.aurorasaurus.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.aurorasaurus.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.aurorasaurus.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.aurorasaurus.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.aurorasaurus.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a>
This is a retweet of an image of the aurora over Fairbanks, Alaska. Every tweet appears with a pin on our map at the approximate location from where it was sent. This tweet was sent from Washington state, however the tweet says that the picture was taken in Alaska. Since the location is wrong, the tweet likely contains a photo taken by someone else, probably at an earlier time.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/a>
Someone who hopes to see an aurora sent this tweet. They are not currently observing an aurora.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/a>
This is a reference to Aurora, the Disney princess.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/a>
Many states have a city named Aurora, so the word \u201caurora\u201d occurs frequently in that context. We try to filter these out, but we aren\u2019t perfect!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/a>
This one is obviously irrelevant. You may be wondering why spam like this even appears in our list. Sometimes the metadata associated with the tweet contains our search terms. You can\u2019t see the expanded URL for this tweet, but it contains the word \u201caurora.\u201d Additionally, the filtering software thought a location was included (it mistakenly identified the location as St. Jude). Spam like this can be quickly dismissed by answering \u201cNo\u201d when you are verifying tweets. We apologize if you see any tweets that are not suitable for all ages, but we\u2019ll keep working to improve our filtering!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/a>
This one is a little tricky because it is not obvious what they are tweeting about. It does refer to a \u201cstorm\u201d in the @chasethestorm, but does not seem to be a clear reference to an aurora observation. The user though is from Norfolk, which is actually a good place to hunt aurora because of its unobstructed views over the North Sea. Additionally, looking at the user\u2019s twitter profile, you can see that he is an aurora hunter and frequently posts photos of the aurora.
Hints: Looking at where the tweeter is located and the auroral oval on the Aurorasarus map is a useful tool in helping you verify tweets. Also, looking at the user\u2019s profile is a good indication if the tweeter is a frequent aurora hunter.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/a><\/a>