The satellite captures the aurora borealis of carbon dioxide from space

In a new study published in Geophysical Research Letters scientists have revealed global aurora sightings associated with carbon dioxide using satellite measurements. When we think of the Northern Lights, we often picture dazzling green and red lights dancing across the sky. However, the aurora borealis has a number of associated emissions occurring in various regions of the atmosphere, most of which are not visible to the human eye. Earth's atmosphere consists of several layers. The troposphere is a place , where we experience most of the weather on Earth. Another layer, the stratosphere, contains the Earth's ozone layer, which protects us from harmful ultraviolet radiation from the sun. The middle layer is the mesosphere, where meteors burn up when they encounter the rapidly increasing density of Earth's atmosphere. Above this layer is the thermosphere, which is located at an altitude of 80 to 700 km above the earth's surface and overlaps the ionosphere, the part of the atmosphere with charged ions and electrons. (Kim Baptista, Arizona State University)