Probing rare hot plasma flows in the upper atmosphere

Near Earth’s poles, observers of the night sky often behold aurorae, colorful light shows in the upper atmosphere caused by interactions between the solar wind and our planet’s magnetosphere. A little closer to the equator, a different upper atmosphere phenomenon sometimes occurs: subauroral ion drifts (SAID).


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Source: Phys.org