On an island inside the Arctic Circle last Sunday (Dec. 12), the frigid darkness of the early morning hours was broken by an intense orange glow, as a NASA rocket blasted off for a brief flight arcing through Earth's aurora, or northern lights.
During its 10-minute flight, the rocket sent reams of data back to Earth before hurtling into the Norwegian Sea about 900 miles (1,450 kilometers) south of its launch point.
Comet Hartley 2 Up Close
See the stunning close-up photos of Comet Hartley 2 from the Nov. 4, 2010 flyby performed by NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft. This close-up view of comet Hartley 2 was captured by the spacecraft's Medium-Resolution Instrument.
This is another of the first images sent back to Earth from the NASA's EPOXI mission after it flew by Comet Hartley 2 around 7 a.m. PDT (10 a.m. EDT) on Nov. 4, 2010.
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