A Fire in the Middle of the Atlantic Ocean?

High-energy particles from the South Atlantic Magnetic Anomaly occasionally trick satellite sensors.

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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 October 29, 2018
Data acquired July 14, 2017

Source:

Suomi NPP > VIIRS

Collection:

Earth at Night