ESA promotes SMILE’s plan to capture the full ring of northern lights in ultraviolet for up to 45 hours, emphasizing continuous global-scale aurora monitoring rather than short snapshots.
We’ve never seen the northern lights like this before
Smile will be the first spacecraft since 2008 to capture the full ring of northern lights around the north pole in ultraviolet light
for a record-breaking 45 hours without interruption
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