Aurora
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-I really really like all of the pictures that the NASA website [see link to the left] puts out on a daily basis. I think that they're neat and they make you think, too. Call me a nerd, but I look at them most every day.
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Aurora from Space Credit:Don Pettit, ISS Expedition 6, NASA
Explanation: From the ground, spectacular aurora seem to dance high above. But the International Space Station (ISS) orbits at nearly the same height as many auroras sometimes passing over them, and sometimes right through them. Still, the auroral electron and proton streams pose no direct danger to the ISS. In 2003, ISS Science Officer Don Pettit captured the green aurora, pictured above in a digitally sharpened image. From orbit, Pettit reported that changing auroras appeared to crawl around like giant green amoebas. Over 300 kilometers below, the Manicouagan Impact Crater can be seen in northern Canada, planet Earth.
Explanation: From the ground, spectacular aurora seem to dance high above. But the International Space Station (ISS) orbits at nearly the same height as many auroras sometimes passing over them, and sometimes right through them. Still, the auroral electron and proton streams pose no direct danger to the ISS. In 2003, ISS Science Officer Don Pettit captured the green aurora, pictured above in a digitally sharpened image. From orbit, Pettit reported that changing auroras appeared to crawl around like giant green amoebas. Over 300 kilometers below, the Manicouagan Impact Crater can be seen in northern Canada, planet Earth.
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There were a lot more NASA pictures that I really liked. To see a few of them, click the links below:
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Yes, I did realize that and I spent about half an hour this morning trying to remedy it. I had to stop and get ready for Sunday school, though. It's fixed now.
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