{"id":126175,"date":"2024-11-15T15:38:27","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T08:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=126175"},"modified":"2024-11-15T15:38:27","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T08:38:27","slug":"nasa-rockets-seed-artificial-clouds-below-glowing-auroras-in-norway-photo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=126175","title":{"rendered":"NASA rockets seed artificial clouds below glowing auroras in Norway (photo)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p>It&#8217;s not every day you get to watch a rocket launch into a sky glowing with colorful auroras \u2014 and it&#8217;s even rarer to see that rocket leave swirling clouds in its wake as part of a NASA science experiment.<\/p>\n<p>But that&#8217;s exactly what Ivar Sandland of Bodo, Norway saw on Nov. 10 during a minor geomagnetic storm. Sandland operates <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/en.nordlandturselskap.no\/us\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/en.nordlandturselskap.no\/us\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\">Nordland Adventures<\/a>, a tour and adventure company in Northern Norway.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I went on a road trip from Bodo to Tromso to visit my daughter, camera always at the ready,&#8221; Sandland told Space.com. &#8220;On the way back (halfway), I stopped by the foot Mt. Stetind &#8211; Norway&#8217;s national mountain. I&#8217;ve always wanted to see Northern lights above the summit. It happened.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check=\"\">\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\" style=\"max-width:2048px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:66.65%;\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/G36UULucWQNwmVVsK8S8r3-320-80.jpg.webp 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/G36UULucWQNwmVVsK8S8r3-480-80.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/G36UULucWQNwmVVsK8S8r3-650-80.jpg.webp 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/G36UULucWQNwmVVsK8S8r3-970-80.jpg.webp 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/G36UULucWQNwmVVsK8S8r3-1024-80.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/G36UULucWQNwmVVsK8S8r3-1200-80.jpg.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"colorful wisps of light in the night sky\" class=\"expandable\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/G36UULucWQNwmVVsK8S8r3-320-80.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/G36UULucWQNwmVVsK8S8r3-480-80.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/G36UULucWQNwmVVsK8S8r3-650-80.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/G36UULucWQNwmVVsK8S8r3-970-80.jpg 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/G36UULucWQNwmVVsK8S8r3-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/G36UULucWQNwmVVsK8S8r3-1200-80.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/G36UULucWQNwmVVsK8S8r3.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/G36UULucWQNwmVVsK8S8r3.jpg\"\/><\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"caption-text\">Clouds of trimethyl aluminum over Northern Norway following NASA sounding rocket launches from And\u00f8ya Space Center on Nov. 10, 2024. <\/span><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Ivar Sandland)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;When I saw the rocket launch, I was very surprised,&#8221; Sandland said. &#8220;I assumed it was a very strange kind of cloud. Then checked from where it came from and figured out it could be from <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/34217-andoya-space-center.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/34217-andoya-space-center.html\">And\u00f8ya Space Center<\/a>. The next day I read on local news there had been a rocket launch.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check=\"\">\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\" style=\"max-width:2048px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:66.65%;\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/iLgnDb4Nco4wcbQUrZUC64-320-80.jpg.webp 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/iLgnDb4Nco4wcbQUrZUC64-480-80.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/iLgnDb4Nco4wcbQUrZUC64-650-80.jpg.webp 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/iLgnDb4Nco4wcbQUrZUC64-970-80.jpg.webp 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/iLgnDb4Nco4wcbQUrZUC64-1024-80.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/iLgnDb4Nco4wcbQUrZUC64-1200-80.jpg.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"colorful wisps of light in the night sky\" class=\"expandable\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/iLgnDb4Nco4wcbQUrZUC64-320-80.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/iLgnDb4Nco4wcbQUrZUC64-480-80.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/iLgnDb4Nco4wcbQUrZUC64-650-80.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/iLgnDb4Nco4wcbQUrZUC64-970-80.jpg 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/iLgnDb4Nco4wcbQUrZUC64-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/iLgnDb4Nco4wcbQUrZUC64-1200-80.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/iLgnDb4Nco4wcbQUrZUC64.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/iLgnDb4Nco4wcbQUrZUC64.jpg\"\/><\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"caption-text\">Auroras photographed by Ivar Sandland in Northern Norway on Nov. 10, 2024. <\/span><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Ivar Sandland)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As it turns out, that rocket launch was actually a double-header, and both rockets launched were part of NASA&#8217;s Vorticity Experiment (<a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.wff.nasa.gov\/code810\/news\/story281-VORTEX.html\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/sites.wff.nasa.gov\/code810\/news\/story281-VORTEX.html\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\">VortEx<\/a>). The project seeks to better understand how energy flows through the turbopause, a portion of <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/17683-earth-atmosphere.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/17683-earth-atmosphere.html\">Earth&#8217;s atmosphere<\/a> where the mesosphere and the thermosphere meet some 56 miles (90 kilometers) up.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"hawk-nest\" data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\"\/>\n<p>To study these interactions, researchers launched a sounding rocket (a smaller, sub-orbital vehicle used in scientific research) loaded with trimethyl aluminum, a compound used in electronics and semiconductor fabrication.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Once released into the air, the wisps of trimethyl aluminum formed swirls and vortices in the sky that can help reveal how gravity waves behave and interact at this level of the atmosphere.<\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-Kf96VqyjJszxF2G8GhAjmL\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-Kf96VqyjJszxF2G8GhAjmL slice-container-newsletterForm\">\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" class=\"newsletter-form__wrapper newsletter-form__wrapper--inbodyContent\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form__container\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__top-bar\"\/>\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__main-section\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"youtube-video youtube-facade\" data-timestamp=\"?start=11952\" data-nosnippet=\"\">\n<div class=\"video-aspect-box\">\n<div class=\"watch-on-iframe-jGN6LEnZy7A\" data-yt-video-token=\"jGN6LEnZy7A\" title=\"NASA VortEx Campaign from @And\u00f8ya Space [LAUNCHED] | Day 14 - YouTube\">\n<span class=\"youtube-video-title\">NASA VortEx Campaign from @And\u00f8ya Space [LAUNCHED] | Day 14 &#8211; 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