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MAVEN Captures Aurora on Mars

A map of MAVEN's IUVS auroral detections in Dec. 2014 overlaid on Mars’ surface map.
MAVEN's Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph (IUVS) auroral detections in December 2014, overlaid on Mars’ surface.

A map of MAVEN’s Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph (IUVS) auroral detections in December 2014 overlaid on Mars’ surface. The map shows that the aurora was widespread in the northern hemisphere, not tied to any geographic location. The aurora was detected in all observations during a 5-day period. Credit: University of Colorado

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