Aurora Australis Glowing along the Horizon (STS-62)
The aurora australis photographed from Space Shuttle Columbia on STS-62 in March 1994. Under a star-flecked black sky, a band of white and pink light glows along the horizon with a thin greenish curtain rising above it. Seven-tenths of the frame is black, so the clock reads well.
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About this wallpaper
A Space Shuttle photograph from NASA's image library (sts062-58-025, taken during STS-62, 4–18 March 1994), cropped to 9:16 around the horizon. The upper half is black space flecked with stars; a band of white and pink light runs across the middle with a thin greenish curtain rising above it, and the dark blue-green Earth lies below. According to NASA's caption the shafts of light reach more than 300 km up, and the red glow comes from oxygen at the highest, thinnest altitudes. A public-domain NASA photograph.
On the home screen
The upper half is black space and the band of light sits in the middle, so icons at the top keep the band visible.
On the lock screen
The top is almost pure black, so a white clock reads clearly.
Colors and mood
Black space, a white-and-pink band of light, a greenish curtain and the dark blue-green Earth.
Specs
- Aspect ratio
- 9:16
- Resolution
- 1440×2560
- Region
- Neon Forest
- Coordinates
- 10·00
- Sector
- ISLAND III
- Lock-screen clock
- ◎ Clearly readable
- Home screen
- ◎ Icon labels stand out
- Pure black
- 71%
- Brightness
- 30 / 255 · dark
- Artist
- NASA / STS-62 crew · 1994-03-05
- Source
- NASA (public domain)
- License
- Public domain (NASA)
This is a public-domain photograph by NASA. You may use it freely, but not in a way that suggests NASA endorses or is involved with your use. See the license
