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Earth’s Shining Upper Atmosphere — From the Apollo Era to the Present

[caption id="attachment_3987" align="alignright" width="300"]Apollo 16 UV image comparison with GOLD UV image Compare views of Earth's shining ionosphere: the Apollo 16 photo taken in 1972 is at left, and an image from GOLD data visualization is at right. The perspectives differ slightly because while the Apollo photo...
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