Living in Alaska, we see the aurora borealis several times every winter, but I've always wondered what it looks like from above - or even from space? Anyone know?
2007-06-05 08:05:00 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
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2007-06-05 08:08:49 · answer #1 · answered by Nature Boy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably an aurora. There was a display in Michigan on Monday night, but it was - as you say - splotchy and faint and pretty much colorless. From here it looked more like light pollution than what I remember as good auroral displays in my experience. ADDED: Sounds like it was more spectacular up north of here (I am in the suburban Detroit area). You may be seeing the tail end of a pretty significant solar storm event.
2016-05-17 11:26:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it would look the same, most likely dimmer because you would only see the light reflected off the earth through it rather than from the millions of stars in space.
2007-06-05 08:08:08 · answer #3 · answered by stageran1103 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They look just like they do from Earth, only suspended over the globe of the Earth instead of hanging in the sky.
http://www.geo.mtu.edu/weather/aurora/images/space/
You can see the vertical much better.
2007-06-05 08:09:32 · answer #4 · answered by TychaBrahe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't see it from above.. You can only see it from below because of the way the diffusion of light through the natural gases in the atmosphere. Above just looks as it normally would
2007-06-05 08:08:13 · answer #5 · answered by Chaotic Melody 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I saw some pictures from NASA a very short time ago.
2007-06-05 09:32:05 · answer #6 · answered by JOHNNIE B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
check out nasas web site
2007-06-08 17:41:11 · answer #7 · answered by Snowman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
exactly the same homie
2007-06-05 08:13:55 · answer #8 · answered by Super Duper 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋