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A Fire in the Middle of the Atlantic Ocean?

High-energy particles from the South Atlantic Magnetic Anomaly occasionally trick satellite sensors.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Lauren Dauphin, using VIIRS day-night band data from the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published October 29, 2018
Data acquired July 14, 2017

Source:
Suomi NPP > VIIRS
Collection:
Earth at Night