Data Visualization During Polar Rain Target Name:   Sun, Earth's Aurora Spacecraft:   Polar Produced by:   NASA Copyright:  Public Domain Date Released:  13 December 1999

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Data visualization of the X ray emissions over the North Pole during the "polar rain" of electrons on May 11, 1999. The emissions were detected by the PIXIE instrument on NASA's Polar spacecraft.