Science and Exploration

Orbital View: Atmospheric Glow and Aurora Australis

By Keith Cowing
Press Release
July 5, 2019
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Orbital View: Atmospheric Glow and Aurora Australis
Atmospheric Glow and Aurora Australis
NASA

The atmospheric glow and a wispy aurora australis, also known as the “southern lights,” frame a cloud-covered Earth as the International Space Station orbited 254 miles above the Indian Ocean due east of the territory of French Southern and Antarctic Lands.
iss059e119533 (June 21, 2019) – Larger image

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