“A hundred miles above the earth, the Aurora lights up the sky. After travelling millions of miles across space, solar winds, attracted by the magnetic pull of the poles, collide with the earth’s atmosphere. Trillions of charged particles dance across the sky.”
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The Aurora Australis, or southern lights, in a composite satellite image. These gorgeous lights in the sky are caused by charged particles from the sun interacting with the magnetic field of the Earth.
Note also the lovely atmospheric shell that is very visible in this picture around the edge of the Earth.
Wow
This is an awesome blog btw, for those interested in stars/astronomy/space photography
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