
Generally, photos of auroras capture bright, colorful bands dancing across the night sky, but a new satellite view captures a spectacular auroral glow in a new light.
The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument on the NASA/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) satellite imaged the aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, over western Canada on Nov. 5, 2023 at 5:23 a.m. EST (1023 GMT).