Radar Data Led to Discovery of Diffuse Aurora (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Radar Data Led to Discovery of Diffuse Aurora

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An unexpected blob, circled in green, seen in radar data from Poker Flat sparked the research leading to the discovery of the structured diffuse aurora as maps of the edge of the outer Van Allen belt.

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NASA/Nithin Sivadas

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