Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Debriefing with Crewmembers, 7 March, 2000

STS-099 Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Debriefing with Crewmembers
March 7, 2000

ATMOSPHERIC AND OCEANIC PHENOMENA

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STS099-355-24

photo ID STS099-355-24
STS099-355-24 Click the photo number to access all resolutions available and the database record.

Airglow and diffuse red aurora borealis. There are two separate atmospheric optical phenomena in the photo. The thin greenish band above the horizon is airglow; radiation emitted by the atmosphere from a layer about 30 km thick and about 100 km altitude.

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