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Two of Earth's most colourful phenomena, aurora and airglow captured by NASA

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Two of Earth's most colourful upper atmospheric phenomena, aurora and airglow, met in this stunning photograph shared by NASA. Taken by an astronaut on the International Space Station, the photograph shows the easily-recognisable green of aurora borealis intersecting with the wispy, golden-ish band of airglow above the Earth. "Aurora, meet airglow," wrote US space agency while sharing the mesmerizing image on Instagram.