diff --git a/Effects/planet-aurora.eff b/Effects/planet-aurora.eff
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7252f37cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Effects/planet-aurora.eff
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<PropertyList>
+	<name>Effects/aurora</name>
+	<!-- 	<inherits-from>Effects/shadow</inherits-from> -->
+	<parameters>
+		<texture n ="0">
+			<type>white</type>
+		</texture>
+		<vertex-program-two-side type="bool">true</vertex-program-two-side>
+		<material>
+			<color-mode-uniform>1</color-mode-uniform>
+			<!-- DIFFUSE -->
+		</material>
+		<strength><use>/environment/aurora/strength</use></strength>
+		<ray_factor><use>/environment/aurora/ray-factor</use></ray_factor>
+		<upper_alt_factor><use>/environment/aurora/upper-alt-factor</use></upper_alt_factor>
+		<penetration_factor><use>/environment/aurora/penetration-factor</use></penetration_factor>
+		<patchiness><use>/environment/aurora/patchiness</use></patchiness>
+		<afterglow><use>/environment/aurora/afterglow</use></afterglow>
+	</parameters>
+
+ 
+	<technique n="10">
+		<predicate>
+			<or>
+			  <less-equal>
+				<value type="float">2.0</value>
+				<glversion/>
+			  </less-equal>
+			  <and>
+				<extension-supported>GL_ARB_shader_objects</extension-supported>
+				<extension-supported>GL_ARB_shading_language_100</extension-supported>
+				<extension-supported>GL_ARB_vertex_shader</extension-supported>
+				<extension-supported>GL_ARB_fragment_shader</extension-supported>
+ 				<property>/sim/rendering/shaders/skydome</property>
+			  </and>
+			</or>
+		</predicate>
+		<pass>
+			<lighting>true</lighting>
+			<material>
+				<active>
+					<use>material/active</use>
+				</active>
+				<ambient>
+					<use>material/ambient</use>
+				</ambient>
+				<diffuse>
+					<use>material/diffuse</use>
+				</diffuse>
+				<specular>
+					<use>material/specular</use>
+				</specular>
+				<emissive>
+					<use>material/emissive</use>
+				</emissive>
+				<shininess>
+					<use>material/shininess</use>
+				</shininess>
+				<color-mode>
+					<use>material/color-mode</use>
+				</color-mode>
+			</material>
+			<blend>
+				<source>src-alpha</source>
+				<destination>one-minus-src-alpha</destination>
+			</blend>
+			<shade-model>
+				<use>shade-model</use>
+			</shade-model>
+			<cull-face>
+				<use>cull-face</use>
+			</cull-face>
+			<rendering-hint>
+				<use>rendering-hint</use>
+			</rendering-hint>
+      			<depth>
+        			<write-mask>false</write-mask>
+      			</depth>
+      			<render-bin>
+        			<bin-number>10</bin-number>
+        			<bin-name>DepthSortedBin</bin-name>
+     			 </render-bin>
+			<texture-unit>
+				<!-- The texture unit is always active because the shaders expect
+             that. -->
+				<unit>0</unit>
+				<type>
+					<use>texture[0]/type</use>
+				</type>
+				<image>
+					<use>texture[0]/image</use>
+				</image>
+				<filter>
+					<use>texture[0]/filter</use>
+				</filter>
+				<wrap-s>
+					<use>texture[0]/wrap-s</use>
+				</wrap-s>
+				<wrap-t>
+					<use>texture[0]/wrap-t</use>
+				</wrap-t>
+			</texture-unit>
+			<vertex-program-two-side>
+				<use>vertex-program-two-side</use>
+			</vertex-program-two-side>
+			<program>
+				<vertex-shader>Shaders/planet-aurora.vert</vertex-shader>
+				<fragment-shader>Shaders/planet-aurora.frag</fragment-shader>
+				<fragment-shader>Shaders/noise.frag</fragment-shader>
+			</program>
+			<uniform>
+				<name>texture</name>
+				<type>sampler-2d</type>
+				<value type="int">0</value>
+			</uniform>
+			<uniform>
+				<name>strength</name>
+				<type>float</type>
+				<value><use>strength</use></value>
+			</uniform>
+			<uniform>
+				<name>ray_factor</name>
+				<type>float</type>
+				<value><use>ray_factor</use></value>
+			</uniform>
+			<uniform>
+				<name>upper_alt_factor</name>
+				<type>float</type>
+				<value><use>upper_alt_factor</use></value>
+			</uniform>
+			<uniform>
+				<name>penetration_factor</name>
+				<type>float</type>
+				<value><use>penetration_factor</use></value>
+			</uniform>
+			<uniform>
+				<name>patchiness</name>
+				<type>float</type>
+				<value><use>patchiness</use></value>
+			</uniform>
+			<uniform>
+				<name>afterglow</name>
+				<type>float</type>
+				<value><use>afterglow</use></value>
+			</uniform>
+		</pass>
+	</technique>
+
+	
+</PropertyList>
diff --git a/Shaders/planet-aurora.frag b/Shaders/planet-aurora.frag
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..05c18d695
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Shaders/planet-aurora.frag
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+// -*-C++-*-
+
+// Ambient term comes in gl_Color.rgb.
+#version 120
+
+varying vec3 vertex;
+varying vec3 relVec;
+varying vec3 normal;
+
+
+uniform float strength;
+uniform float ray_factor;
+uniform float upper_alt_factor;
+uniform float penetration_factor;
+uniform float patchiness;
+uniform float afterglow;
+uniform float osg_SimulationTime;
+
+float Noise2D(in vec2 coord, in float wavelength);
+
+
+void main()
+{
+
+
+float vCoord = abs(vertex.z);
+
+
+
+float aurora_time = 0.001 * osg_SimulationTime;  
+
+float noise_01 = Noise2D( vec2(vertex.x +aurora_time, vertex.y), 0.05);
+float blend_factor = smoothstep(0.935, 0.955, vCoord - 0.001 * noise_01 - 0.02 * (1.0-upper_alt_factor));
+
+float blend_low = smoothstep(0.915, 0.925, vCoord - 0.001 * noise_01-0.00250 * penetration_factor);
+
+noise_01 = smoothstep(0.0 + 0.25 * patchiness, 1.0 - 0.25 *patchiness, noise_01 - 0.5 * (1.0-strength) * patchiness);
+
+float noise_02 = 0.7  + 0.3 *  Noise2D( vec2 (vertex.x +vertex.y, aurora_time), 0.002);
+noise_02 = mix(0.85, noise_02 , min((1.0-blend_factor) * ray_factor, 1.0));
+
+float smoothness = 0.01 + 0.02 * (1.0 - ray_factor);
+
+float noise_03 = 0.05 * (0.5 -  Noise2D ( vec2 (vertex.x + vertex.y, 2.0 *  aurora_time), smoothness));
+noise_03 = mix(0.0, noise_03, upper_alt_factor);
+ 
+
+vCoord += 0.00250 * penetration_factor;
+
+float vStrength = smoothstep(0.92, 0.94, vCoord) * (1.0 - smoothstep(0.94, 0.95 + 0.1 * upper_alt_factor, vCoord+noise_03));
+
+vec3 auroraColor1 = vec3 (0.0, 0.2, 0.1);
+vec3 auroraColor2 = vec3 (0.2, 0.0, 0.05);
+vec3 auroraColor3 = vec3 (0.8, 0.3, 0.4);
+
+
+
+vec3 auroraColor = mix(auroraColor1, auroraColor2, blend_factor);
+auroraColor = mix(auroraColor3, auroraColor, blend_low);
+
+float fade_factor = smoothstep(0.94, 0.97, vCoord - 0.001 * noise_01 - 0.02 * (1.0-upper_alt_factor));
+fade_factor = mix(1.0, fade_factor, afterglow);
+
+float view_angle = abs(dot(normalize(relVec), normalize(normal)));
+
+float angStrength = smoothstep(0.2, 0.6, view_angle);
+
+
+float auroraStrength = vStrength * angStrength * noise_01 * noise_02 * strength * fade_factor;
+
+
+gl_FragColor = vec4 (auroraColor.x, auroraColor.y, auroraColor.z, auroraStrength);
+}
diff --git a/Shaders/planet-aurora.vert b/Shaders/planet-aurora.vert
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3b18c3339
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Shaders/planet-aurora.vert
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#version 120
+
+varying vec3 vertex;
+varying vec3 normal;
+varying vec3 relVec;
+
+void main()
+{
+	
+    normal = gl_Normal;
+    vertex = gl_Vertex.xyz;
+    vec3 ep = (gl_ModelViewMatrixInverse * vec4 (0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0)).xyz;
+    relVec = vertex - ep;
+    gl_Position = ftransform();
+}