The Northern (and Southern) lights are caused by the solar wind interacting with the Earth's magnetic field. The Sun is constantly sending electrons and protons toward the Earth. When these particles reach us the magnetic field charges them...
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The Northern Lights are caused when the sun gives off electrically-charged particles from solar flares ... SEATTLE - The Northern Lights are caused when the sun gives off electrically-charged particles from solar flares. The Earth's magnetic poles act like, well, a magnet to draw those particles to the polar regions.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The multicolored aurora borealis and aurora australis -- the Northern Lights and Southern Lights -- represent some of Earth's most dazzling natural displays.
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The way the Northern Light or aurora works is a lot like a neon sign, except that in the aurorae the conducting gas is in the ionosphere, instead of a glass tube, and the current travels along magnetic field lines instead of copper wires. ... Aurorae - Northern Lights...
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A source for Information, links and images about the "Northern Lights" on-line since the Web began ... University of Alaska Fairbanks - Geophysical Institute. Forecast maps, movies and imagery, research efforts and general information on the "Northern Lights".
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www.geo.mtu.edu/weather/aurora/
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Northern lights above the Yukon Flats with three bands of color. 20 second exposure in October of '95. ... Reflection of the northern lights on the Yukon River at 30 seconds on October 19th. The river is running ice and fog rises in the background...
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On Thursday, July 24, 2008, NASA released findings that indicate magnetic explosions about one-third of the way to the moon cause the northern lights, or aurora borealis, to burst in spectacular shapes and colors, and dance across the sky. ... What makes the northern lights dance by mchawk...
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What makes the beautiful colours of the Northern; Lights? The colours of the aurora are either a combination of red and green light, or red and blue light. It is the nitrogen in the atmosphere that makes the aurora red and blue and the oxygen that causes the red and green colours to appear.
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www.asc-csa.gc.ca/pdf/educator-northern_lights.pdf
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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...
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