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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Aurora Australis and the ISS (2024 Sep 13)

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The auroral glow is caused by emission from excited oxygen atoms in the extremely rarefied upper atmosphere still present at the level of the orbiting outpost.
So, the ISS is actually embedded within the aurora I suppose, in addition to being able to see it while looking through a long enough column of auroral air?
in the upper zone of red atomic oxigen, yes

Statistics: Posted by VictorBorun — Mon Sep 23, 2024 10:05 pm — Replies 2 — Views 782



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