This picture of Saturn was taken by the Cassini spacecraft in February using infrared light, which is electromagnetic radiation that has longer wavelengths than visible light and is therefore undetectable to humans' eyes. The picture's colors are artificial in order to make the infrared light visible to our eyes which is why this picture caught my attention and the blue coloration is derived from the Sun's light. It depicts the auroras, or light displays in the sky at the polar regions that result from ionized nitrogen atoms regaining an electron, of Saturn which are more impressive than Earth's because the gaseous nature of Saturn creates a larger and powerful electromagnetic belt for these auroras to appear in. Due to the strength of Saturn's magnetosphere, these auroras seen at the polar regions of Saturn are easily created by deflecting a stream of charged particles when they interact with its magnetic field.
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