“Purple Rain”: NASA’s Mars Orbiter Observes Auroras on the Red Planet.
NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft captured a stunning display of purple-hued lights on the Martian surface from May 14 to May 20 this year. NASA regularly captivates space enthusiasts with stunning images and educational videos from our universe through its social media channels. In a recent Instagram post, the space agency shared an animated GIF displaying auroras on Mars’ nightside, a rare phenomenon captured by the Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph instrument aboard NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) orbiter. According to NASA’s caption, the purple hues in the video represent auroras detected across Mars’ nightside. The intensity of the purple indicates the …
