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Auroras Light Up the Antarctic Night

The “southern lights” were bright enough to illuminate the ice below.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon, using VIIRS Day-Night Band data from the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership. Suomi NPP is the result of a partnership between NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Department of Defense. Caption by Mike Carlowicz.

Published January 1, 2013
Data acquired July 15, 2012

Source:
Suomi NPP > VIIRS
Collection:
Earth at Night