Aurora Borealis
Taken by Paul J. McCrone on January 11, 2016 @
Imagery was processed at Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center (FNMOC) Monterey, CA
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These dramatic images from the US Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) show Aurorae over the polar regions north of Russia, Alaska, and Canada. These images of brilliant Aurora Borealis use both nighttime visual and infrared imagery (used in multispectral combination) from the Suomi NPP and DMSP F14, F18, & F19 polar orbiting satellites. on January 11 , 2015. This imagery was generated from the Operational Linescan System (OLS) on the DMSP spacecraft, revealing the sinuous path of these energetic particles entering Earth's upper atmosphere.
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