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A global view of the northern auroral oval superimposed on an image of the Earth's surface.
Courtesy of Dr. L. A. Frank with the VIS instrument team of the Polar spacecraft and NASA Goddard

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A global view of the northern auroral oval superimposed on an image of the Earth's surface. Courtesy of Dr. L. A. Frank with the VIS instrument team of the Polar spacecraft and NASA Goddard

A global view of the northern auroral oval superimposed on an image of the Earth's surface. Courtesy of Dr. L. A. Frank with the VIS instrument team of the Polar spacecraft and NASA Goddard

A global view of the northern auroral oval superimposed on an image of the Earth's surface. Courtesy of Dr. L. A. Frank with the VIS instrument team of the Polar spacecraft and NASA Goddard

A global view of the northern auroral oval superimposed on an image of the Earth's surface.
Courtesy of Dr. L. A. Frank with the VIS instrument team of the Polar spacecraft and NASA Goddard

A global view of the northern auroral oval superimposed on an image of the Earth's surface.
Courtesy of Dr. L. A. Frank with the VIS instrument team of the Polar spacecraft and NASA Goddard

A global view of the northern auroral oval superimposed on an image of the Earth's surface.
Courtesy of Dr. L. A. Frank with the VIS instrument team of the Polar spacecraft and NASA Goddard