Ground-Based Images
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Photograph by Dick Hutchinson©
Shot near Circle, Alaska. 48 miles south of the Artic Circle.
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Shooting the Aurora Borealis
for more images.
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Photograph by Jan Curtis©
Shot near Chena Hot Spring Resort 70 miles east of Fairbanks, Alaska.
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Home of the Northern Lights
for more images.
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Photograph by Dick Hutchinson©
Shot near Circle, Alaska. Forty-eight miles South of the Artic Circle.
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Shooting the Aurora Borealis
for more images.
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Space-Based Images
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Photograph by the STS-39 Crew, NASA
- The glow of the Southern Lights (Aurora Australis) mixes with the glow of the Space Shuttle Discovery's engines.
Image is from the
Astronomy Picture of the Day
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Photograph by the STS-59 Crew, NASA
- The glow of the Southern Lights (Aurora Australis) as seen near "Orion's Belt". Image shot from the Space Shuttle Endeavor.
From the
Astronomy Picture of the Day
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Exploratorium Astronomy Resources
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