Friday, October 12, 2012

Space Pictures This Week: Mars Scoop, Odd Spiral, More - National Geographic [fornadablog.blogspot.com]

Space Pictures This Week: Mars Scoop, Odd Spiral, More - National Geographic [fornadablog.blogspot.com]


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Photograph courtesy EO/Suomi NPP/NASA

Looking like wispy clouds, aurora borealis, or northern lights, light up the sky above Canada's Quebec and Ontario Provinces on October 8.

NASA satellites captured the view a few days after a coronal mass ejection (CME), a release of energetic particles from the atmosphere of the sun. CMEs stir up the magnetic field around Earth, producing the "gorgeous displays" of northern lights, according to NASA's Earth Observatory. (See "New Aurora Pictures: Solar Flare Sparks 'Snakes,' 'Spears.'")

Published October 12, 2012

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