Photo #: ISS006-E-47517 Date: Apr. 2003Geographic Region: AURORA
Feature: AURORA AUSTRALIS
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Photo #: ISS006-E-47517 Date: Apr. 2003 Geographic Region: AURORA Feature: AURORA AUSTRALIS |
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| If Iris, the goddess of the rainbow, had a sister she would be the goddess of Aurora. Glowing green ripples form arcs that constantly transform their shape into new glowing diaphanous forms. There is nothing static about auroras. They are always moving, always changing, and like snowflakes, each display is different from the last. Sometimes, there is a faint touch of red layered above the green. There are bright spots within the arcs that come and go, and transform into upward directed rays topped by feathery red structures. Sometimes there will be six or more rays, sometimes none at all. In a new feature, Auroras Dancing in the Night, International Space Station Science Officer Don Pettit provides a firsthand account of these spectacular red and green light shows. |
| Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 35k |
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| Mission: | ISS006 |
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| Roll - Frame: | E - 47517 |
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| Geographical Name: | AURORA |
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| Features: | AURORA AUSTRALIS |
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| Center Lat x Lon: | N x E |
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| Film Exposure: | N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus |
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| Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP: | 25 |
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| Camera:: | E4 |
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| Camera Tilt: | HO | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
| Camera Focal Length: | 28 |
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| Nadir to Photo Center Direction: | W | The direction from the nadir to the center point, N=North, S=South, E=East, W=West |
| Stereo?: | Y=Yes there is an adjacent picture of the same area, N=No there isn't |
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| Orbit Number: | 1203 |
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| Date: | 20030420 | YYYYMMDD |
| Time: | 170900 | GMT HHMMSS |
| Nadir Lat: | 44.6S |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Nadir Lon: | 152.4E |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Sun Azimuth: | 112 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
| Space Craft Altitude: | 215 | nautical miles |
| Sun Elevation: | -36 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
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| Atmosphere Views: | AURORA |
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