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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]]).
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[[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.
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The Northern Lights are similar in tone to [[Saint Elmo's fire]], which often appears on the masts of ships at sea. Sometimes they are accompanied by a buzzing or whistling noise. [[Scientist]]s in the past tended to discount claims of Northern Lights, blaming such stories on drunken [[sailor]]s, [[marsh gas]], or the planet [[Venus]], but these days the Northern Lights are accepted by the [[scientific community]]. This demonstrates the lack of certitude in science. (See [[scientific method]]).
 
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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==
 
==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 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>
 
  
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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==
 
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*[[Meteor]]
 
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*[[Saint Elmo's fire]]
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*[[The Golden Compass]] (originally published as ''Northern Lights'')
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[[Category:Meteorology]]
 
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Latest revision as of 20:07, July 29, 2016

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

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.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ NASA Dictionary.
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