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These images were obtained by the NASA
Polar Satellite. The X-ray image represents the first global photograph
of an aurora in the X-ray spectrum.
The collisions of trapped charged particles with atmospheric molecules causes spectacular effects in the visible spectrum, but these excited molecules can also emit radiation in other wavelength bands. The following figures show aurora imaged in the ultraviolet (UV) and X-ray regions of the spectrum.
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