Rocketing Into the Northern Lights

Researchers probed the auroral wind by shooting instruments into them in February 2013.

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Photograph copyright Sebastian Saarloos. Caption by Mike Carlowicz, Earth Observatory, and Claire De Saravia, NASA-GSFC, with reporting from Amy Hartley, University of Alaska Geophysical Institute.

Published February 9, 2013
Data acquired February 6, 2013

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