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Southern Nights with Lights

The aurora australis fluttered north and south of the Antarctic Circle on several nights in July.


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 July 25, 2022
Data acquired July 18, 2022

Source:
Suomi NPP > VIIRS
Collection:
Earth at Night