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Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
Aurora from Space
Explanation:
From the ground, spectacular auroras seem to dance [ http://science.nasa…gallery_01mar03.html ] high above. But the International Space Station (ISS [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]) orbits at nearly the same height as many auroras [ http://www.explorat…auroras/ ], sometimes passing over [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] them, and sometimes right through them. Still, the auroral electron [ http://www.aip.org/…] and proton [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] streams pose no direct danger to the ISS [ http://spaceflight.…]. In 2003, ISS Science Officer Don Pettit [ http://www.jsc.nasa…] captured the green aurora, pictured above [ http://science.nasa…24mar_noseprints.htm ] in a digitally sharpened image. From orbit [ http://science.nasa…], Pettit reported [ http://spaceflight.…spacechronicles.html ] that changing auroras [ http://www.geo.mtu.…] appeared to crawl around like giant green amoebas [ http://www.microsco…amoeba.html ]. Over 300 kilometers below, the Manicouagan Impact Crater [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] can be seen in northern Canada, planet Earth.
Credit and Copyright:
Don Pettit [ http://www.jsc.nasa…], ISS Expedition 6 [ http://spaceflight.…], NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/]
facet_when:
2003
facet_where:
Canada
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_where:
Johnson Space Center (JSC)
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
Crater
facet_what:
Aurora
facet_what:
International Space Station (ISS)
facet_when_year:
2003
original url:
http://antwrp.gsfc.…
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap051105

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