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The Farthest Shore (electronic edition) - Observed from the Space Shuttle are the southern lights (the aurora austra¬lis), in a band stretching from East to West, against a background of stars. These are caused by energetic electrons coming down the Earth’s magnetic field lines and hitting atoms and molecules in the upper atmosphere. (Courtesy of NASA)

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