{
    "id": 11366,
    "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11366/",
    "page_type": "Produced Video",
    "title": "Colossal Glow",
    "description": "Scientists first observed Saturn’s auroras in 1979. Decades later, these shimmering ribbons of light still fascinate. For one thing they’re magnificently tall, rising hundreds of miles above the planet’s poles. And unlike on Earth where bright displays fizzle after only a few hours, auroras on Saturn can shine for days. Auroras are produced when speeding particles accelerated by the sun’s energy collide with gases in a planet’s atmosphere. The gases fluoresce, emitting flashes of light at different wavelengths. Watch the video to see an edge-on view of Saturn’s northern and southern lights courtesy of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. || ",
    "release_date": "2013-10-24T00:00:00-04:00",
    "update_date": "2023-05-03T13:51:37.913846-04:00",
    "main_image": {
        "id": 461792,
        "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a011300/a011366/cover-1024.jpg",
        "filename": "cover-1024.jpg",
        "media_type": "Image",
        "alt_text": "Saturn’s auroras put on a dazzling display of light.",
        "width": 1024,
        "height": 576,
        "pixels": 589824
    },
    "main_video": {
        "id": 461793,
        "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a011300/a011366/saturn_auroras-540-MASTER_high.webmhd.webm",
        "filename": "saturn_auroras-540-MASTER_high.webmhd.webm",
        "media_type": "Movie",
        "alt_text": "Saturn’s auroras dance in sync in this time-lapse video assembled from ultraviolet images taken by Hubble.",
        "width": 960,
        "height": 540,
        "pixels": 518400
    },
    "main_credits": {
        "Written by": [
            {
                "name": "Paul Gabrielsen",
                "employer": "NASA/GSFC"
            }
        ]
    },
    "progress": "Complete",
    "media_groups": [
        {
            "id": 342677,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11366/#media_group_342677",
            "widget": "Basic text with HTML",
            "title": "",
            "caption": "",
            "description": "Scientists first observed Saturn’s auroras in 1979. Decades later, these shimmering ribbons of light still fascinate. For one thing they’re magnificently tall, rising hundreds of miles above the planet’s poles. And unlike on Earth where bright displays fizzle after only a few hours, auroras on Saturn can shine for days. Auroras are produced when speeding particles accelerated by the sun’s energy collide with gases in a planet’s atmosphere. The gases fluoresce, emitting flashes of light at different wavelengths. Watch the video to see an edge-on view of Saturn’s northern and southern lights courtesy of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.",
            "items": [],
            "extra_data": {}
        },
        {
            "id": 342678,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11366/#media_group_342678",
            "widget": "Single image",
            "title": "",
            "caption": "",
            "description": "Saturn’s auroras put on a dazzling display of light.",
            "items": [
                {
                    "id": 297537,
                    "type": "media",
                    "extra_data": null,
                    "title": null,
                    "caption": null,
                    "instance": {
                        "id": 461789,
                        "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a011300/a011366/cover-1920.jpg",
                        "filename": "cover-1920.jpg",
                        "media_type": "Image",
                        "alt_text": "Saturn’s auroras put on a dazzling display of light.",
                        "width": 1920,
                        "height": 1080,
                        "pixels": 2073600
                    }
                },
                {
                    "id": 297538,
                    "type": "media",
                    "extra_data": null,
                    "title": null,
                    "caption": null,
                    "instance": {
                        "id": 461790,
                        "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a011300/a011366/cover-1280.jpg",
                        "filename": "cover-1280.jpg",
                        "media_type": "Image",
                        "alt_text": "Saturn’s auroras put on a dazzling display of light.",
                        "width": 1280,
                        "height": 720,
                        "pixels": 921600
                    }
                },
                {
                    "id": 297540,
                    "type": "media",
                    "extra_data": null,
                    "title": null,
                    "caption": null,
                    "instance": {
                        "id": 461792,
                        "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a011300/a011366/cover-1024.jpg",
                        "filename": "cover-1024.jpg",
                        "media_type": "Image",
                        "alt_text": "Saturn’s auroras put on a dazzling display of light.",
                        "width": 1024,
                        "height": 576,
                        "pixels": 589824
                    }
                },
                {
                    "id": 297541,
                    "type": "media",
                    "extra_data": null,
                    "title": null,
                    "caption": null,
                    "instance": {
                        "id": 461788,
                        "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a011300/a011366/cover-1024_web.png",
                        "filename": "cover-1024_web.png",
                        "media_type": "Image",
                        "alt_text": "Saturn’s auroras put on a dazzling display of light.",
                        "width": 320,
                        "height": 180,
                        "pixels": 57600
                    }
                },
                {
                    "id": 297542,
                    "type": "media",
                    "extra_data": null,
                    "title": null,
                    "caption": null,
                    "instance": {
                        "id": 461787,
                        "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a011300/a011366/cover-1024_thm.png",
                        "filename": "cover-1024_thm.png",
                        "media_type": "Image",
                        "alt_text": "Saturn’s auroras put on a dazzling display of light.",
                        "width": 80,
                        "height": 40,
                        "pixels": 3200
                    }
                },
                {
                    "id": 297539,
                    "type": "media",
                    "extra_data": null,
                    "title": null,
                    "caption": null,
                    "instance": {
                        "id": 461791,
                        "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a011300/a011366/cover-original.tif",
                        "filename": "cover-original.tif",
                        "media_type": "Image",
                        "alt_text": "Saturn’s auroras put on a dazzling display of light.",
                        "width": 5824,
                        "height": 3600,
                        "pixels": 20966400
                    }
                }
            ],
            "extra_data": {}
        },
        {
            "id": 342679,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11366/#media_group_342679",
            "widget": "Video player",
            "title": "",
            "caption": "",
            "description": "Saturn’s auroras dance in sync in this time-lapse video assembled from ultraviolet images taken by Hubble.",
            "items": [
                {
                    "id": 297543,
                    "type": "media",
                    "extra_data": null,
                    "title": null,
                    "caption": null,
                    "instance": {
                        "id": 461794,
                        "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a011300/a011366/pf-1024.jpg",
                        "filename": "pf-1024.jpg",
                        "media_type": "Image",
                        "alt_text": "Saturn’s auroras dance in sync in this time-lapse video assembled from ultraviolet images taken by Hubble.",
                        "width": 1024,
                        "height": 576,
                        "pixels": 589824
                    }
                },
                {
                    "id": 297544,
                    "type": "media",
                    "extra_data": null,
                    "title": null,
                    "caption": null,
                    "instance": {
                        "id": 461795,
                        "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a011300/a011366/pf-1920.jpg",
                        "filename": "pf-1920.jpg",
                        "media_type": "Image",
                        "alt_text": "Saturn’s auroras dance in sync in this time-lapse video assembled from ultraviolet images taken by Hubble.",
                        "width": 1920,
                        "height": 1080,
                        "pixels": 2073600
                    }
                },
                {
                    "id": 297545,
                    "type": "media",
                    "extra_data": null,
                    "title": null,
                    "caption": null,
                    "instance": {
                        "id": 461796,
                        "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a011300/a011366/pf-1280.jpg",
                        "filename": "pf-1280.jpg",
                        "media_type": "Image",
                        "alt_text": "Saturn’s auroras dance in sync in this time-lapse video assembled from ultraviolet images taken by Hubble.",
                        "width": 1280,
                        "height": 720,
                        "pixels": 921600
                    }
                },
                {
                    "id": 297547,
                    "type": "media",
                    "extra_data": null,
                    "title": null,
                    "caption": null,
                    "instance": {
                        "id": 461798,
                        "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a011300/a011366/saturn_auroras-540-MASTER_high.mp4",
                        "filename": "saturn_auroras-540-MASTER_high.mp4",
                        "media_type": "Movie",
                        "alt_text": "Saturn’s auroras dance in sync in this time-lapse video assembled from ultraviolet images taken by Hubble.",
                        "width": 960,
                        "height": 540,
                        "pixels": 518400
                    }
                },
                {
                    "id": 297548,
                    "type": "media",
                    "extra_data": null,
                    "title": null,
                    "caption": null,
                    "instance": {
                        "id": 461793,
                        "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a011300/a011366/saturn_auroras-540-MASTER_high.webmhd.webm",
                        "filename": "saturn_auroras-540-MASTER_high.webmhd.webm",
                        "media_type": "Movie",
                        "alt_text": "Saturn’s auroras dance in sync in this time-lapse video assembled from ultraviolet images taken by Hubble.",
                        "width": 960,
                        "height": 540,
                        "pixels": 518400
                    }
                },
                {
                    "id": 297546,
                    "type": "media",
                    "extra_data": null,
                    "title": null,
                    "caption": null,
                    "instance": {
                        "id": 853569,
                        "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a011300/a011366/a011366_iPad_movie_saturn_auroras-540-MASTER/saturn_auroras-540-MASTER.m3u8",
                        "filename": "saturn_auroras-540-MASTER.m3u8",
                        "media_type": "File",
                        "alt_text": "Saturn’s auroras dance in sync in this time-lapse video assembled from ultraviolet images taken by Hubble."
                    }
                }
            ],
            "extra_data": {}
        },
        {
            "id": 342680,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11366/#media_group_342680",
            "widget": "Single image",
            "title": "",
            "caption": "",
            "description": "Radiant bands form rings above Saturn's southern polar region in this false-color image.",
            "items": [
                {
                    "id": 297550,
                    "type": "media",
                    "extra_data": null,
                    "title": null,
                    "caption": null,
                    "instance": {
                        "id": 461800,
                        "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a011300/a011366/s1-1024.jpg",
                        "filename": "s1-1024.jpg",
                        "media_type": "Image",
                        "alt_text": "Radiant bands form rings above Saturn's southern polar region in this false-color image.",
                        "width": 1024,
                        "height": 576,
                        "pixels": 589824
                    }
                },
                {
                    "id": 297552,
                    "type": "media",
                    "extra_data": null,
                    "title": null,
                    "caption": null,
                    "instance": {
                        "id": 461802,
                        "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a011300/a011366/s1-original.jpg",
                        "filename": "s1-original.jpg",
                        "media_type": "Image",
                        "alt_text": "Radiant bands form rings above Saturn's southern polar region in this false-color image.",
                        "width": 637,
                        "height": 348,
                        "pixels": 221676
                    }
                },
                {
                    "id": 297551,
                    "type": "media",
                    "extra_data": null,
                    "title": null,
                    "caption": null,
                    "instance": {
                        "id": 461799,
                        "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a011300/a011366/s1-1024_web.png",
                        "filename": "s1-1024_web.png",
                        "media_type": "Image",
                        "alt_text": "Radiant bands form rings above Saturn's southern polar region in this false-color image.",
                        "width": 320,
                        "height": 180,
                        "pixels": 57600
                    }
                },
                {
                    "id": 297549,
                    "type": "media",
                    "extra_data": null,
                    "title": null,
                    "caption": null,
                    "instance": {
                        "id": 461801,
                        "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a011300/a011366/s1-original.tif",
                        "filename": "s1-original.tif",
                        "media_type": "Image",
                        "alt_text": "Radiant bands form rings above Saturn's southern polar region in this false-color image.",
                        "width": 637,
                        "height": 348,
                        "pixels": 221676
                    }
                }
            ],
            "extra_data": {}
        },
        {
            "id": 342681,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11366/#media_group_342681",
            "widget": "Single image",
            "title": "",
            "caption": "",
            "description": "Hubble took these images of Saturn’s auroras over a period of five days.",
            "items": [
                {
                    "id": 297553,
                    "type": "media",
                    "extra_data": null,
                    "title": null,
                    "caption": null,
                    "instance": {
                        "id": 461804,
                        "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a011300/a011366/s2-1024.jpg",
                        "filename": "s2-1024.jpg",
                        "media_type": "Image",
                        "alt_text": "Hubble took these images of Saturn’s auroras over a period of five days.",
                        "width": 1024,
                        "height": 576,
                        "pixels": 589824
                    }
                },
                {
                    "id": 297554,
                    "type": "media",
                    "extra_data": null,
                    "title": null,
                    "caption": null,
                    "instance": {
                        "id": 461805,
                        "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a011300/a011366/s2-original.jpg",
                        "filename": "s2-original.jpg",
                        "media_type": "Image",
                        "alt_text": "Hubble took these images of Saturn’s auroras over a period of five days.",
                        "width": 700,
                        "height": 749,
                        "pixels": 524300
                    }
                },
                {
                    "id": 297555,
                    "type": "media",
                    "extra_data": null,
                    "title": null,
                    "caption": null,
                    "instance": {
                        "id": 461803,
                        "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a011300/a011366/s2-1024_web.png",
                        "filename": "s2-1024_web.png",
                        "media_type": "Image",
                        "alt_text": "Hubble took these images of Saturn’s auroras over a period of five days.",
                        "width": 320,
                        "height": 180,
                        "pixels": 57600
                    }
                }
            ],
            "extra_data": {}
        },
        {
            "id": 342682,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11366/#media_group_342682",
            "widget": "Single image",
            "title": "",
            "caption": "",
            "description": "Auroras are colored green in these infrared views of Saturn.",
            "items": [
                {
                    "id": 297556,
                    "type": "media",
                    "extra_data": null,
                    "title": null,
                    "caption": null,
                    "instance": {
                        "id": 461807,
                        "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a011300/a011366/s3-1280.jpg",
                        "filename": "s3-1280.jpg",
                        "media_type": "Image",
                        "alt_text": "Auroras are colored green in these infrared views of Saturn.",
                        "width": 1280,
                        "height": 720,
                        "pixels": 921600
                    }
                },
                {
                    "id": 297557,
                    "type": "media",
                    "extra_data": null,
                    "title": null,
                    "caption": null,
                    "instance": {
                        "id": 461808,
                        "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a011300/a011366/s3-original.jpg",
                        "filename": "s3-original.jpg",
                        "media_type": "Image",
                        "alt_text": "Auroras are colored green in these infrared views of Saturn.",
                        "width": 1306,
                        "height": 908,
                        "pixels": 1185848
                    }
                },
                {
                    "id": 297558,
                    "type": "media",
                    "extra_data": null,
                    "title": null,
                    "caption": null,
                    "instance": {
                        "id": 461809,
                        "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a011300/a011366/s3-1024.jpg",
                        "filename": "s3-1024.jpg",
                        "media_type": "Image",
                        "alt_text": "Auroras are colored green in these infrared views of Saturn.",
                        "width": 1024,
                        "height": 576,
                        "pixels": 589824
                    }
                },
                {
                    "id": 297559,
                    "type": "media",
                    "extra_data": null,
                    "title": null,
                    "caption": null,
                    "instance": {
                        "id": 461806,
                        "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a011300/a011366/s3-1024_web.png",
                        "filename": "s3-1024_web.png",
                        "media_type": "Image",
                        "alt_text": "Auroras are colored green in these infrared views of Saturn.",
                        "width": 320,
                        "height": 180,
                        "pixels": 57600
                    }
                }
            ],
            "extra_data": {}
        }
    ],
    "studio": "gms",
    "funding_sources": [
        "PAO"
    ],
    "credits": [
        {
            "role": "Writer",
            "people": [
                {
                    "name": "Paul Gabrielsen",
                    "employer": "NASA/GSFC"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "missions": [],
    "series": [],
    "tapes": [],
    "papers": [],
    "datasets": [],
    "nasa_science_categories": [
        "Planets & Moons"
    ],
    "keywords": [
        "App"
    ],
    "recommended_pages": [],
    "related": [
        {
            "id": 13307,
            "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13307/",
            "page_type": "Produced Video",
            "title": "Hubble’s Brand New Image of Saturn",
            "description": "This new Hubble Space Telescope view of Saturn, taken in late June of 2019, reveals the giant planet's iconic rings. Saturn’s amber colors come from summer smog-like hazes, produced in photochemical reactions driven by solar ultraviolet radiation. Below the haze lie clouds of ammonia ice crystals, as well as deeper, unseen lower-level clouds of ammonium hydrosulfide and water. The planet’s banded structure is caused by winds and clouds at different altitudes. Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 observed Saturn on June 20, 2019, as the planet made its closest approach to Earth, at about 845 million miles away.For more information, visit https://nasa.gov/hubble. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight CenterPaul R. Morris (USRA): Lead Producer Music credits: \"Momentum\" by Guillaume Bernard [SACEM]; Killer Tracks Production Music || ",
            "release_date": "2019-09-12T09:55:00-04:00",
            "update_date": "2023-05-03T13:45:39.130235-04:00",
            "main_image": {
                "id": 392981,
                "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a013300/a013307/13307_saturn_opal_searchweb_thumbnail.jpg",
                "filename": "13307_saturn_opal_searchweb_thumbnail.jpg",
                "media_type": "Image",
                "alt_text": "Master versionHorizontal version. This is for use on any YouTube or non-YouTube platform where you want to display the video horizontally.",
                "width": 320,
                "height": 180,
                "pixels": 57600
            }
        }
    ],
    "sources": [],
    "products": [],
    "newer_versions": [],
    "older_versions": [],
    "alternate_versions": []
}