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SUP_INF_FIGS6_20120415.0746.NPP.VIIRS.DNB.Texas_AirglowWaves.jpg ()
© 2012

City lights underneath a thunderstorm near San Antonio, Texas from April 2012 as seen by the DNB sensor (left panel) and in the infrared (right panel). Waves in the mesospheric source of airglow are created by thunderstorm activity in the underlying layers of the atmosphere. (credit: RAMMB/CIRA)