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Aurora Australis as seen from STS-62

Aurora Australis as seen from STS-62

NASA · 1994

This photo shows the aurora australis or souther lights. The multi-hued shafts of light, extending upward to 200 miles above the earth's surface, are caused by beams of energetic electrons colliding with the oxygen and nitrogen in the earth's upper atmosphere.

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