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Picket Fence Aurora and  STEVE, Debra Ceravolo

Picket Fence Aurora and STEVE

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging
Picket Fence Aurora and  STEVE, Debra Ceravolo

Picket Fence Aurora and STEVE

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging

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Aurora like phenomenon known as STEVE. It is caused by a 25 km wide ribbon of hot plasma at an altitude of 450 km, with a temperature of 3,000 °C. Very different from Aurora Borealis. This 30 second exposure at F:1.4 shows the green "picket fence" aurora which doesn't always show up with the pink ribbon STEVE.

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Picket Fence Aurora and  STEVE, Debra Ceravolo