Polar Rain: Polar Ionospheric X-ray Imaging Experiment Target Name:   Earth's Aurora Spacecraft:   PIXIE Produced by:   NASA/Lockheed Martin Copyright:  Public Domain Date Released:  11 May 1999

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X-ray images of the North Pole reveal the "polar rain" of electrons that lit up Earth's upper atmosphere over the North Pole.