White-Light Observations of the Aurora Over Alaska (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

White-Light Observations of the Aurora Over Alaska

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This illustration shows the white-light observations of the fine structure in the aurora superimposed over Alaska. The dots signifying electrons are color coded to show their origins, with red dots indicating electrons from the radiation belts and blue from further out.

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NASA/Google Earth/Nithin Sivadas

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