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    NASA’s AWE Mission to Study Airglow

    The bottom half shows a dark, cloudy Earth from above. The middle of the image, outlining the Earth is a glowing line, that goes from orange, to teal green. Above the Earth, there is a dark starry sky. There is a red foggy line – airglow. Peaking out from the top is the International Space Station.

    NASA's Atmospheric Waves Experiment (AWE) will study atmospheric gravity waves to understand the flow of energy through Earth's upper atmosphere and space. Powerful waves are formed by weather disturbances, such as strong thunderstorms, brewing hurricanes, or winds rushing upward over massive obstacles at Earth's surface, like the towering Andes Mountains.

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