Sentences with phrase «auroral light»

According to a NASA news release, the auroral light appears in the near infrared at wavelengths of three to four microns.

NASA's IMAGE satellite, which studies the magnetosphere and auroral lights near the north and south poles, has captured numerous views of energetic «proton auroras» in ultraviolet light.

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There, the charged particles strike molecules in Earth's atmosphere that release photons of various colors (red hues come from oxygen, for example) and light up polar regions in frequent auroral displays.

At times of maximum solar activity, the magnetic ferment represented by sunspots frequently releases and leaps across space to Earth — to foment magnetic storms that disrupt communications networks and light the polar skies with auroral displays.

While previous UVIS images had shown an intermittent auroral bright spot magnetically linked to the moon Enceladus, the new movie suggests another Saturn moon can influence the light show as well.

For one, with this discovery, scientists now know there are unknown chemical processes taking place in the sub auroral zone that can lead to this light emission.

The Zodiacal Light is more easily seen at locations near to the equator and Birkeland hoped his research in Africa might provide the proof he needed for his auroral theories.

Because it sits within the auroral zone, Tromsø is one of the most popular destinations for seeing the northern lights (aurora borealis).

Auroral emissions typically occur at altitudes of about 100 km (60 miles) and are often green, white, or reddish in colour depending on what species (atomic oxygen, molecular oxygen, or nitrogen, respectively) is primarily emitting light.

Earth's full North Polar auroral oval, in an image taken in ultraviolet light by the U.S. Polar spacecraft over northern Canada, April 6, 1996.