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Auroras Announce the Solar Cycle

The 25th cycle is underway, and it brings more frequent opportunities to see the northern lights and southern lights.


Astronaut photograph acquired on October 12, 2021, with a Nikon D5 digital camera. The photograph was provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations Facility and the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, Johnson Space Center. NASA Earth Observatory image by Joshua Stevens, using VIIRS day-night band data from the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership. Story by Michael Carlowicz.

Published October 14, 2021
Data acquired October 12, 2021

Sources:
ISS > Digital Camera
Suomi NPP > VIIRS
Collection:
Earth at Night