By Khushi thakur JULY 09, 2024
Image Source: Instagram - @ ISS
This green aurora timelapse is taken from 250 miles above Earth at the International Space Station and displays it dancing in the night sky.
Image Source: Instagram - @ ISS
Image Source: Instagram - @ ISS
Aurora can be spotted from the Northern and Southern Hemisphere, this natural phenomenon of dancing light is seen in high-latitude regions around the Arctic and Antarctic.
Image Source: Canva
Image Source: Canva
Solar wind are caused when streams of charged particles produced by the Sun after travelling through space interact with Earth's magnetic field.
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These charged particles are guided towards the polar regions by Earth's magnetic field, forming a region known as the magnetotail.
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These particles in Earth's atmosphere collide with the gasses present in Earth such as oxygen and nitrogen, after this procedure they excite the atoms and molecules, causing them to emit light which results in the green Aurora formation.
Image Source: Canva
Image Source: Canva
Image Source: Canva
Nitrogen molecules present in the upper atmosphere are impacted by solar particles causing purple and blue auroras, the rarest shades. The mixing of the blue and red emissions from nitrogen creates the purple hue.