Image: Position of the northern lights (2001)

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This color-coded image of our world at night during a display of the aurora borealis in 2001 shows on average the position of the northern lights. The aurora appears in light blue. The other colors represent city lights (yellow), oil production flares (red), burning vegetation (purple), and squid-fishing boats (green).



This image is part of the PBS Nova documentary Magnetic Storm . Click here to watch.



Source: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/magnetic

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Added: 15 years ago.
Topic: Physical Geography

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