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Auroras Light Up the Antarctic Night

The “southern lights” were bright enough to illuminate the ice below.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Auroras Light Up the Antarctic Night.

NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon, using VIIRS Day-Night Band data from the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership. Suomi NPP is the result of a partnership between NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Department of Defense. Caption by Mike Carlowicz.

Published January 1, 2013
Data acquired July 15, 2012

Source:: Suomi NPP > VIIRS

Collection:: Earth at Night