Meet STEVE, the aurora | Science News
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Channel: Science News · 2018 · Science & Technology
A mauve and green streak, lightning the sky at Helena Lake Ranch in Canada, was captured in this video by a citizen scientist. The phenomenon is a new type of aurora, dubbed STEVE, that's associated with the flow of charged particles in the upper atmosphere. Read more: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/steve-aurora-makes-its-debut-mauve Credit: Andy Witteman, @CNLastro
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