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 STS039-25-006 (thumbnail)
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   Photo ID:

   STS039-25-006   


   Program:

   Shuttle   


   Mission:

   STS-039


   Date Taken:

   1991-05-06


   Film Type:

   35mm

Title:
Aurora Australis, Spiked, Sinuous Green Airglow
Description:
This distant view of the Aurora Australis or Southern Lights (location unknown) shows a spiked and sinuous band of green airglow above the Earth Limb. Calculated to be in the 80 - 120 km altitude region, auroral activity is due to exitation of atomic oxygen in the upper atmosphere by radiation from the van Allen Radiation Belts and is most common above the 65 degree north and south latitude range during the spring and fall of the year.
Subject Terms:
AURORAS EARTH LIMB EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE) STS-39
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