Space / 2014-02-11
Saturn Colorful Aurora
NASA's image library records Saturn Colorful Aurora.
While the curtain-like auroras we see at Earth are green at bottom and red at top, NASA Cassini spacecraft has shown us similar curtain-like auroras at Saturn that are red at bottom and purple at top. This is how the auroras would look to the human eye.
A CLOSER LOOK
While the curtain-like auroras we see at Earth are green at bottom and red at top, NASA Cassini spacecraft has shown us similar curtain-like auroras at Saturn that are red at bottom and purple at top. This is how the auroras would look to the human eye.
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FOLLOW THE EVIDENCE
NASA Image and Video LibrarySaturn Colorful AuroraOriginal explanation based on the sources above. Images carry their own reuse terms.