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An Awesome Aurora

Events on the Sun helped unleash beautiful displays of nighttime lights seen on Earth.


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 April 25, 2023
Data acquired April 24, 2023

Source:
Suomi NPP > VIIRS
Collection:
Earth at Night