Atmospheric Optics: Aurora, Northern Lights Feature Summary

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Type:: Physics in Your World
Title:: Atmospheric Optics: Aurora, Northern Lights
Description:: This image shows a view of the Aurora Borealis captured from the International Space Station as it flew over Nebraska. For more information, see NASA Image of the Day Gallery. For a video of an aurora over the Indian Ocean, visit Aurora from ISS orbit.

To find out more about auroras, visit this Atmospheric Optics page and also the Exploratorium's Auroras: Paintings in the Sky.
Image:: image credit: NASA; image source; larger image
Image URL:: http://www.compadre.org/Informal/images/features/Aurora-from-space-NASA-larg.jpg
Featured:: January 1, 2013 - January 16, 2013