Where Can You See the Aurora?
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 An auroral image taken from the Dynamic Explorer satellite |
During the International Geophysical Year (1957-58), auroral scientists found that the aurora is distributed along an oblong belt called the auroral oval. In 1970, images of the aurora obtained by satellites circling Earth confirmed the IGY discovery. Images revealed two beautiful rings of aurora, one in the northern hemisphere above the Arctic and the other in the southern hemisphere above the Antarctica continent. |  An auroral image over the Antarctic, taken from the Dynamic Explorer satellite |
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