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Smile spacecraft captures auroras glowing in daylight
Original: Auroras appear in broad daylight in Smile spacecraft's eerie first images of Earth — Space photo of the week
The European Space Agency's Smile spacecraft has returned its first images of Earth, showing auroras visible even in broad daylight. The eerie early pictures, featured as a space photo of the week, offer a first look at the mission's ability to monitor the solar wind's interaction with Earth's magnetic field, and researchers are highlighting the unusual daytime aurora views.
Why now: The first images from a new spacecraft revealing daytime auroras are striking and newsworthy.
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- Auroras appear in broad daylight in Smile spacecraft's eerie first images of Earth — Space photo of the week · Live Science
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