Picture of the Day: In Awe of the Aurora
NASA ISS023-E-058455 (29 May 2010) – Aurora Australis
is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 23 crew member
on the International Space Station. Among the views of Earth afforded
crew members aboard the ISS, surely one of the most spectacular is of
the aurora.
These ever-shifting displays of colored ribbons, curtains, rays, and spots are most visible near the North (Aurora Borealis) and South (Aurora Australis) Poles as charged particles streaming from the sun (the solar wind) interact with Earth’s magnetic field, resulting in collisions with atoms of oxygen and nitrogen in the upper atmosphere. [Source: NASA]
Photograph by NASA
via NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center on Flickr
NASA ISS023-E-058455 (29 May 2010) – Aurora Australis
is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 23 crew member
on the International Space Station. Among the views of Earth afforded
crew members aboard the ISS, surely one of the most spectacular is of
the aurora.These ever-shifting displays of colored ribbons, curtains, rays, and spots are most visible near the North (Aurora Borealis) and South (Aurora Australis) Poles as charged particles streaming from the sun (the solar wind) interact with Earth’s magnetic field, resulting in collisions with atoms of oxygen and nitrogen in the upper atmosphere. [Source: NASA]
Photograph by NASA
via NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center on Flickr
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