File:Aurora Over the North Pole of Earth.gif

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NASA's Polar spacecraft took this image of the aurora over Earth's northern hemisphere.

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Description

NASA's Polar spacecraft took this image of the aurora over Earth's northern hemisphere.

Source

The image appears on a website entitled, "Earth's Auroras Don't Mirror" at url=http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/lookingatearth/dueling_auroras.html#.VljUtcbvu3W.

Date

February 2000

Author

NASA's Polar spacecraft

Rationale

No free use or Public Domain image known to show NASA's Polar spacecraft took this image of the aurora over Earth's northern hemisphere, where the auroral oval is around the polar regions in visible and ultraviolet light. The most intense auroral activity appears in bright red or white. Commons checked.

Permission

Fair Use, NASA images are usually PD but reseachers from University of Iowa may not have agreed to this.

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