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Colossal Glow On Saturn Wows, Video

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Scientists first observed Saturn’s auroras in 1979. Decades later, these shimmering ribbons of light still fascinate.

Watch the video to see an edge-on view of Saturn’s northern and southern lights courtesy of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.
Video courtesy of NASA/ESA/University of Leicester/J. Nichols
 
 For one thing they’re magnificently tall, rising hundreds of miles above the planet’s poles. And unlike on Earth where bright displays fizzle after only a few hours, auroras on Saturn can shine for days.
 

Radiant bands form rings above Saturn’s southern polar region in this false-color image.
False-color image courtesy of NASA/JPL/University of Colorado
Auroras are produced when speeding particles accelerated by the sun’s energy collide with gases in a planet’s atmosphere. The gases fluoresce, emitting flashes of light at different wavelengths. 
 
Saturn’s auroras put on a dazzling display of light.

Credit: NASA/ESA/STScI/A. Schaller
 

Auroras are colored green in these infrared views of Saturn. 
Infrared image courtesy of NASA/JPL/University of Arizona/University of Leicester 
 

Hubble took these images of Saturn’s auroras over a period of five days. 


Hubble image courtesy of NASA/ESA/J. Clarke, Boston University/Z. Levay, STScI
 

Contacts and sources: 

Paul Gabrielsen  

NASA/GSFC

 


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    • Saber

      Suuuuuuuuuurrre… but they can’t get a single decent shot of comet ISON… or whats left of it
      screw NASA

    • Anonymous

      Have you seen the hexagon located at the north pole of Saturn? We’ve known about it for years and the aurora could have a connection.

      Saturn’s Strange Hexagon – In Living Color!
      http://www.universetoday.com/98699/saturns-strange-hexagon-in-living-color/

    • Theoferrum

      And they call this forum, Before Its News for a reason, genius…

    • Litlinn33

      Thank God we’ll soon have more sources than NASA to rely on who’ll be a lot more forthcoming with their findings, is all I can say. Yep, screw NASA!

    • anyoneamongUS

      the people at nasa need prayer… for they too will be JUDGED unless they REPENT of their sins and ASK JESUS CHRIST TO SAVE them…

      i PRAY that all who are currently under the influence of the evil one will REPENT AND TURN TO CHRIST JESUS!!! HE IS THE ONLY WAY TO FORGO JUDGEMENT BY THE ALMIGHTY CREATOR GOD HIMSELF…THE I AM THAT I AM JEHOVAH THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY

      HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH AMEN!!!

      • Pix

        WTF has NASA got to do with your dark age invented jealous giant invisible fairy story character?

        :lol:

    • Mariano

      NASA lies, screw NASA forever

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