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Surprise ions

By Stephen Ornes / February 21, 2012
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A high-flying satellite reveals a crowd of charged particles in the magnetosphere

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Tsunami’s trek traced in the sky

By Stephen Ornes / July 6, 2011
The red and green glowing lights in this picture are “airglow” in the Earth’s ionosphere. (This photo was taken from a space shuttle, visible at left.) The March tsunami that wreaked havoc on Japan produced similar atmospheric, glowing ripples.

Scientists photograph atmospheric ripples that followed the March tsunami across the Pacific

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