Filters used to create this color image show oxygen, hydrogen, and
nitrogen gas glowing in this object.
Not exact matches
Solar particles (the electric current) stream down Earth's magnetic field lines (the tube) and collide with molecules of
nitrogen and oxygen (the
gas), exciting them until they
glow in various colors.
The excited
gases glow with the color determined by the
gas;
nitrogen produces red aurora and oxygen almost white through yellow to green.