A Chemical Trail from a Sounding Rocket (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

A Chemical Trail from a Sounding Rocket

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A chemical trail like the one here -- this one deployed from a sounding rocket at night as opposed to in the daytime -- will help researchers track wind movement to determine how it affects the movement of charged particles in the atmosphere.

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