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Polar lights (aurora polaris) are a natural phenomenon found in both the northern and southern hemispheres that can be truly awe inspiring. Northern lights are also called by their scientific name, aurora borealis, and southern lights are called aurora australis. ... Fun Facts about northern lights:
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Let's discover the; Aurora Borealis! ... Click the picture to the right to see a larger view of the Aurora! ... The Aurora Borealis...
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www.alaskascience.com/aurora.htm
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The aurora borealis is said to occur with greatest frequency along a line extending through N Norway, across central Hudson Bay, through Point Barrow, Alaska, and through N Siberia. It is often visible in Canada and the N United States and is seen most frequently at the time of the equinoxes;
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Facts about the Aurora ... In the north hemisphere auroras are called aurora borealis, or northern lights; in the southern hemisphere the aurora is called the aurora australis. ... | Aurora | Aurora Activities | Aurora Facts | Movie of the Aurora (avi) | Aurora Media | Aurora & Culture...
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library.thinkquest.org/15215/Science/aurora_facts.html
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Aurora (astronomy) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Auroras , sometimes called the northern and southern (polar) lights or aurorae ( singular: aurora ), are natural light displays in the sky, usually observed at night, particularly in the pol...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_(astronomy)
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Northern Lights, or Aurora Borealis, are best viewed from Canada s Northwest Territories. The city of Yellowknife is the capital of the Northwest Territories and offers a spectacular Northern Lights viewing location. ... The Northern Lights or Aurora Borealis are one of the most spectactular light shows in the world.
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www.explorerhotel.ca/yellowknife/northern-lights/
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They only appear when the Sun sends out solar wind and when they hit the Earth's magnetic field they are deflected towards the magnetic poles. As the high speed particles from the Sun interact with the gases in the upper atmosphere they cau...
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The aurora borealis, more commonly known as the northern lights, is a phenomenon that has fascinated human kind for ages, and will likely be the source of study for years to come. ... Before getting down to the nitty-gritty of aurora science, let's examine the principles of solar wind and the ionosphere.
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