Geomagnetic Storm: November 2003
Coronal Mass Ejections from sunspot 10484 sweep by the Earth on November 20, 2003, generating aurora displays worldwide. This view is from the Polar spacecraft with a false-color data overlaid on the Earth's surface. Red marks the highest intensity, blue the lowest.
The aurora in false color from 08:06:32UT to 08:56:24UT.

A maximal time for the aurora (08:09:08 UT).
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio
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Animator
- Tom Bridgman (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
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Scientists
- John B. Sigwarth (University of Iowa)
- Nicola Fox (Johns Hopkins University/APL)
Missions
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[Polar: VIS]
ID: 83
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Release date
This page was originally published on Friday, November 21, 2003.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:56 PM EDT.