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400 km above earth astronauts and cosmonauts had this view of aurora borealis above Canada.
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Washington, DC, United States
While orbiting 216 nautical miles (400 km) above earth, astronauts and cosmonauts had this view of aurora borealis above Canada.
Auroras are a weather phenomenon caused by electrically-charged electrons and protons colliding with neutral atoms in the upper atmosphere. From space, the aurora show appears to blanket Earth with dancing lights.
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- Title: 400 km above earth astronauts and cosmonauts had this view of aurora borealis above Canada.
- Owner: JSC
- Album: carmond
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