2022 February 12 - Aurora by Moonlight
Channel: APOD Podcast
Date: 2022-02-12

In today's image, we see an image of the aurora over Sweden. Aurora are caused when charged particles from the Sun strike the Earth's magnetic field and are funneled around to the magnetic poles where they strike Earth's atmosphere and cause it to glow. 

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