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Images show Martian night sky pulsing with ultraviolet light – EarthSky
Vast areas of Mars’ nightside atmosphere glow and pulsate with ultraviolet light, according to images from NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft.
Mars nightside atmosphere glows and pulsates in this data animation from MAVEN spacecraft observations. Green-to-white false color shows the enhanced brightenings of Mars ultraviolet nightglow” measured by MAVENs Imaging UltraViolet Spectrograph at about 40 miles (70 km) altitude. A simulated view of the Mars globe is added digitally for context, with ice caps visible at the poles. Three nightglow brightenings occur over 1 Mars rotation, the 1st much brighter than the other 2. All 3 brightenings…
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