Why do auroras look the way they do?

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Volumn 80, Issue 17, 1999, Pages

  Stenbaek Nielsen, H C ^a   Hallinan, T J ^b   Peticolas, L ^b   Rosmond, Tom ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0000395710     PISSN: 00963941     EISSN: 23249250     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/99EO00138     Document Type: Article

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