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Aurora Australis, the Southern Lights

Target Name:  Earth's Aurora
Spacecraft:  Space Shuttle Discovery
Produced by:  NGDC
Copyright: Copyright Free
Cross Reference:  STS039-342-26
Date Released: 28 April - 6 May 1991

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This image was taken during the Space Shuttle Discovery, mission STS039, from an altitude of 188 miles. The picture caught the glow of the engines that were ignited for a short moment as Discovery manuvered itself along the side of a satellite that had been released earlier.

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