Under the Southern Lights
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The aurora australis -- the southern lights -- glow above the National Science Foundation's permanent research station at the South Pole.
the southern lights; see definition for aurora
aurora borealis
the northern lights; see definition for aurora ...
The aurora borealis or aurora australis (northern or southern lights).
Aurora borealis (), i. e., northern daybreak; popularly called northern lights. A luminous meteoric phenomenon, visible only at night, and supposed to be of electrical origin.
Aurorae can be seen on the Earth as the Northern and Southern Lights, and can observed at the polar regions of our planet. The curtains of green and red are created when energetic particles from the Sun slam into our planet's magnetic field.
Aurorae, glowing gases that create the northern and southern lights, are common on Jupiter because energetic charged particles needed to excite the gases are always trapped in Jupiter's magnetosphere.
and Southern Lights
The aurora, or northern and southern lights, are often visible from the surface of the Earth at high northern or southern latitudes.
Auroral light (northern and southern lights, aurora borealis and aurora australis)
Belt of Venus
Circumzenithal arc
Crepuscular rays
Earthquake lights
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Glories (also known as Brocken's Specter or Specter of the Brocken)
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Also called the northern lights (or southern lights in the southern hemisphere). The aurora is a shimmering curtain of green and/or red light seen toward the north (in the northern hemisphere).
Also known as the southern lights, this is an atmospheric phenomenon that displays a diffuse glow in the sky in the southern hemisphere. It is caused by charged particles from the Sun as they interact with the Earth's magnetic field.
aurora australis
The aurora in the Southern Hemisphere, also known as the Southern Lights.
aurora borealis
The aurora in the Northern Hemisphere, also known as the Northern Lights.
Their biggest effect here on Earth is an increase in Earth's aurora (northern and southern lights). Though an aurora creates beautiful bursts of color and light, solar storms can damage satellites, power grids and communications.
Aurora are also known as the northern lights (aurora borealis) and the southern lights (aurora australis).
Those that occur during magnetic storms can create extremely impressive spectacles. The Aurora australis, or "Southern Lights" occur near the South Pole while the Aurora borealis, or "Northern Lights" occur near the North Pole.
The composition of this high-speed solar wind may vary, but it always streams away from the Sun. The solar wind is responsible for the Northern and Southern Lights on Earth and causes the tails of comets to point away from the Sun.
Atmospheric event seen in the polar regions - colourful light displays occur when solar winds meet the edge of Earth's magnetic field. Known as: Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) and Aurora Australis (Southern Lights)
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On occasion these more powerful flares can even cause satellites on orbiting the Earth to malfunction. They can also interact with the Earth's magnetic field to create impressive and beautiful light shows known as the Northern and Southern lights.
phenomenon of the upper atmosphere that occurs primarily in high latitudes of both hemispheres; auroras in the Northern Hemisphere are called aurora borealis, or northern lights; in the Southern Hemisphere, aurora australis, or southern lights.
A trajectory of charged particle (electron Such motion of Solar wind plasma in the magnetic field of Earth results in Northern Lights (and Southern Lights) - spots of glow in upper atmosphere above magnetic poles of Earth where energetic electrons ...
Auroras have been seen on several planets in our solar system. On Earth, auroras are also known as the "Northern Lights" (aurora borealis) or "Southern Lights" (aurora australis), depending on in which polar region they appear.
swift solar wind sometimes cause magnetic storms as they blow past Earth. As a result, people at high northern and southern latitudes are treated to a spectacular show: beautiful, shimmering aurorae, also known as the northern and southern lights.
In the northern hemisphere, the aurorae are called aurora borealis or ``the northern lights'' and in the southern hemisphere, they are called aurora australis or ``the southern lights.
4.2) Aurorae are most brilliant at high latitudes, especially inside the Arctic and Antarctic circles. In the north, the spectacle is called the aurora borealis, or Northern Lights. In the south, it is called the aurora australis, or Southern Lights.
Misuse example: 'The earth's aurorasâE'the northern and southern lightsâE'illustrate how energy from the sun travels to our planet.' âE'Science News, 149, June 1, 1996.
Bubbles in the solar wind produced by collapsing solar magnetic fields produce the northern and southern lights (the aurora), and have even been know to affect power grids on the ground.
 See also: Light, Earth, Sun, Solar, Aurora
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