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Description This view of the Aurora Australis or Southern Lights, in the 80 - 120 km altitude region, (location unknown) shows a spiked and sinuous band of red and green airglow above the Earth Limb and a charged plasma glow around the orbiter. Auroral activity is due to exitation of atomic oxygen in the upper atmosphere by the van Allen Radiation Belts and is most common above the 65 degree north and south latitude range during the spring and fall of the year.
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This image or video was catalogued by one of the centers of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: STS039-342-026.

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current11:26, 26 February 2014Thumbnail for version as of 11:26, 26 February 2014630 × 446 (24 KB)Scanmap (talk | contribs)cropped most of the black borders, lossless to remaining image data
05:56, 30 July 2005Thumbnail for version as of 05:56, 30 July 2005640 × 480 (27 KB)RHorning (talk | contribs){{PD-USGov-NASA}} Category:Earth Image source: http://sse.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?IM_ID=104 Image caption:<br> '''Auroras Underfoot'''<br> If you think auroras look spectacular from Earth, check out the view astronauts aboard the Space S

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