X-shaped feature in ionosphere (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

X-shaped feature in ionosphere

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Observations from NASA’s GOLD mission shows charged particles in the ionosphere forming an X shape on Oct. 7, 2019. (The colors indicate the intensity of the ultraviolet light emitted, with yellow and white indicating the strongest emission, or highest ionospheric density.)

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F. Laskar et al.

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