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Published online 28 February 2008 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2008.631

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'Northern lights lab' switched on

Aurora observatory opens on remote Arctic island.

SVALBARD For many people, living through the murky twilight of a polar winter would be a depressing experience. But not for the scientists working at a new observatory on the remote Norwegian island of Svalbard.

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