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The Airglow

A faint but constant light is emitted by a layer of excited atoms and molecules in the earth's upper atmosphere. The events that give rise to this radiation have now been reproduced in the laboratory

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 214 Issue 3This article was originally published with the title “The Airglow” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 214 No. 3 (), p. 102
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0366-102