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Rocketing into the Northern Lights

Sounding rockets probe the way auroras and solar activity affect the atmosphere.


Top photographs by Jamie Adkins, NASA. Second photo by Lee Wingfield, NASA. Video copyright Ronn Murray. Caption by Mike Carlowicz, adapted from NASA press releases.

Published February 3, 2015
Data acquired January 28, 2015

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