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DescriptionX-ray Aurora from POLAR overlay.png	Deutsch: Falschfarbenbild eines Röntgennordlichtes nach einem Sonnensturm überlagert mit einer Karte, aufgenommen aus einem Orbit mit dem Polar Ionospheric X-ray Imaging Experiment (PIXIE) von Bord des NASA-Satelliten POLAR English: False color image of an x-ray Aurora borealis following a solar storm recorded with the Polar Ionospheric X-ray Imaging Experiment (PIXIE) onboard NASA's orbiting POLAR spacecraft with overlaid map
Date	11 April 1997
Source	http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap970418.html
Author	POLAR, PIXIE, NASA
Other versions	original resolution without map overlay

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