This means that STEVE is not likely to be caused by the same mechanism as an aurora, and is therefore an entirely new type of optical phenomenon – which the team refer to as “skyglow”.
~ Matt Williams from, That New Kind of Aurora Called “Steve”? Turns Out, it Isn’t an Aurora at All – Universe Today
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Aside: “Steve” started as in-joke reference by some dedicated Aurora photographers. It was later backronymed.
I particular love this type of discovery. Looking at the shape of the visual phenomenon—it’s a straight-ish thin streak—I bet this is realated to certain types of mythologies and stories…
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