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Old 08-18-2017, 11:02 PM   #1
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Aug 19th, 2017: Airglow

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Why would the sky glow like a giant repeating rainbow? Airglow. Now air glows all of the time, but it is usually hard to see. A disturbance however -- like an approaching storm -- may cause noticeable rippling in the Earth's atmosphere. These gravity waves are oscillations in air analogous to those created when a rock is thrown in calm water. The long-duration exposure nearly along the vertical walls of airglow likely made the undulating structure particularly visible. OK, but where do the colors originate? The deep red glow likely originates from OH molecules about 87-kilometers high, excited by ultraviolet light from the Sun. The orange and green airglow is likely caused by sodium and oxygen atoms slightly higher up.
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Old 08-19-2017, 08:29 AM   #2
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From APOD, would they lie to you? ...
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Old 08-20-2017, 12:31 PM   #3
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No...That's an airburst.

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No sexobon, that's alternative facts..
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