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−	[[Image:Aurora Borealis.jpg\|thumb\|right\|Aurora Borealis seen from space]]The '''Northern Lights''' or ''Aurora Borealis'' is a celestial ~~phenonemon~~ seen in sky of the northern polar regions of the [[Earth]]. An equivalent ~~phenonemon~~ called the [[Southern Lights]] or ''Aurora Australis'' is found in the southern polar regions.	+	[[Image:Aurora Borealis.jpg\|thumb\|right\|Aurora Borealis seen from space]]The '''Northern Lights''' or ''Aurora Borealis'' is a celestial phenomenon seen in sky of the northern polar regions of the [[Earth]]. An equivalent phenomenon called the [[Southern Lights]] or ''Aurora Australis'' is found in the southern polar regions.

	==Scientific Explanation==		==Scientific Explanation==

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−	[[Image:Aurora Borealis.jpg\|thumb\|right\|Aurora Borealis seen from space]]The '''Northern Lights''' or ''Aurora Borealis'' is celestial phenonemon seen in sky of the northern polar regions of the [[Earth]]. An equivalent phenonemon called the [[Southern Lights]] or ''Aurora Australis'', is found in the southern polar regions.	+	[[Image:Aurora Borealis.jpg\|thumb\|right\|Aurora Borealis seen from space]]The '''Northern Lights''' or ''Aurora Borealis'' is a celestial phenonemon seen in sky of the northern polar regions of the [[Earth]]. An equivalent phenonemon called the [[Southern Lights]] or ''Aurora Australis'' is found in the southern polar regions.

	==Scientific Explanation==		==Scientific Explanation==

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 The effect is caused the interaction between the [[solar wind]], the Earth's [[magnetic field]] and the upper [[atmosphere]].  Solar wind is composed of [[charged particle]]s, so the glancing particles in the particularly strong area of the magnetic field creates what seems like an electrical fireworks display.<ref>[http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/dictionary/index.cfm?Display=Dictionary&Letter=A NASA Dictionary].</ref>
 ==See also==
 *[[Meteor]]
 *[[The Golden Compass]] (originally published as ''Northern Lights'')
 [[Category:Meteorology]]
 [[Category:Astronomy]]

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 ==Scientific Explanation==
-The effect is caused the interaction between the solar wind, the Earth's magnetic field and the upper atmosphere.  Solar wind is composed of charged particles, so the glancing particles in the particularly strong area of the magnetic field creates what seems like an electrical fireworks display.<ref>[http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/dictionary/index.cfm?Display=Dictionary&Letter=A NASA Dictionary].</ref>
+The effect is caused the interaction between the [[solar wind]], the Earth's [[magnetic field]] and the upper [[atmosphere]].  Solar wind is composed of [[charged particle]]s, so the glancing particles in the particularly strong area of the magnetic field creates what seems like an electrical fireworks display.<ref>[http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/dictionary/index.cfm?Display=Dictionary&Letter=A NASA Dictionary].</ref>
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 ==See also==

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-The '''Northern Lights''' (''Aurora Borealis'') are a kind of phenonemon found in the sky in Alaska, Antarctica, and other Northern places of the [[earth]]. There is a similar phenonemon called the [[Southern Lights]], or Aurora Australis, which is found in the [[Southern Hemisphere]] ([[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]]).
+[[Image:Aurora Borealis.jpg|thumb|right|Aurora Borealis seen from space]]The '''Northern Lights''' or ''Aurora Borealis'' is celestial phenonemon seen in sky of the northern polar regions of the [[Earth]]. An equivalent phenonemon called the [[Southern Lights]] or ''Aurora Australis'', is found in the southern polar regions.
-For seeing the Northern Lights, one should travel to Alaska, or maybe to [[Iceland]], known as the "Land of the Midnight Sun" for the great deal of nightly luminance there.
+==Scientific Explanation==
 The effect is caused the interaction between the solar wind, the Earth's magnetic field and the upper atmosphere.  Solar wind is composed of charged particles, so the glancing particles in the particularly strong area of the magnetic field creates what seems like an electrical fireworks display.<ref>[http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/dictionary/index.cfm?Display=Dictionary&Letter=A NASA Dictionary].</ref>