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Captured over Fairbanks, Alaska, this is one of those rare moments where science and imagination collide.
What looks like a glowing, winged figure in the sky is actually an intense auroral display - shaped entirely by the invisible forces of Earth's magnetic field.
Auroras form when charged particles from the Sun collide with gases high above our planet. But the colors here tell a deeper story.
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