The new extension will make it possible to study
the auroral regions above Earth's poles and widen the investigations of the magnetosphere — its inner region in particular.
Not exact matches
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.
Cassini used its Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph to capture this final view of ultraviolet
auroral emissions in Saturn's north polar
region on Sept. 14, 2017.