January 27, 2017

Flying Through an Aurora

Flying Through an Aurora

The dancing lights of the aurora provide spectacular views on the ground, but also capture the imagination of scientists who study incoming energy and particles from the Sun. Aurora are one effect of such energetic particles, which can speed out from the sun both in a steady stream called the solar wind and due to giant eruptions known as coronal mass ejections or CMEs.

ISS, Orbit of the Earth
February 23, 2016

Image Credit: ESA/NASA

4 comments:

  1. N.E.W. LAW. And check out NOAH EDWARD WASHKEN @ google+

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  2. I hope the crew and scientists were inspired by the aurora's magic. :)

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  3. does this occur frequently? .....simply amazing

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