File:Aurora-theta.jpg

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A theta aurora — so named because it looks like a Greek letter theta, a circle with a line through the middle — as seen by NASA’s IMAGE satellite on Sept. 15, 2005.

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Description

A theta aurora — so named because it looks like a Greek letter theta, a circle with a line through the middle — as seen by NASA’s IMAGE satellite on Sept. 15, 2005.

Source

The image appears on a website entitled, "NASA’s missions reveal the origin of theta auroras" at url=http://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/12/20/nasas-missions-reveal-the-origin-of-theta-auroras/.

Date

15 September 2005

Author

NASA/R. Fear et al (2014)

Rationale

No free use or Public Domain image known to show a theta aurora — so named because it looks like a Greek letter theta, a circle with a line through the middle — as seen by NASA’s IMAGE satellite on Sept. 15, 2005, specifically aurora australis.

Permission

Fair Use, NASA images are usually PD, but Fear et al. may not have agreed to this.

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current03:39, 3 December 2015Thumbnail for version as of 03:39, 3 December 2015256 × 256 (15 KB)Marshallsumter (discuss | contribs)A theta aurora — so named because it looks like a Greek letter theta, a circle with a line through the middle — as seen by NASA’s IMAGE satellite on Sept. 15, 2005. Category:Aurora images

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