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From space, the aurora is a crown of light that circles each of Earth’s poles. The IMAGE satellite captured this view of the aurora australis four days after a record-setting solar flare sent plasma flying towards the Earth.


Image courtesy NASA

Published January 25, 2006
Data acquired September 11, 2005

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