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An aurora [a] (pl. aurorae or auroras), [b] also commonly known as the northern lights (aurora borealis) or southern lights (aurora australis), [c] is a natural light display in Earth's sky, predominantly seen in high-latitude regions (around the Arctic and Antarctic). Auroras display dynamic patterns of brilliant lights that appear as curtains ...
Aurora Australis, or the Southern Lights, is a natural light display caused by solar wind particles colliding with Earth’s magnetic field. This creates colorful lights in the sky, typically ...
Get away from city lights and avoid trying to see them on the night of a full moon. The best time to view the aurora is within an hour or two of midnight, or 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. Ohio weather ...
This past weekend, the cosmic spectacle became even more stunning as it illuminated the sky alongside the southern lights. Comet C/2024 G3 has been one of the brightest comets in decades ...
Aurora (northern and southern lights, aurora borealis and aurora australis) Belt of Venus; Brocken Spectre; Circumhorizontal arc; Circumzenithal arc; Cloud iridescence; Crepuscular rays; Earth's shadow; Earthquake lights; Glories; Green flash; Halos, of Sun or Moon, including sun dogs; Haze; Heiligenschein or halo effect, partly caused by the ...
Billions of these tiny flares occur in sequence, causing the lights to appear as if they are moving. The lights in the Northern hemisphere are called aurora borealis, or the northern lights. The lights in the Southern hemisphere are called aurora australis, or the southern lights. [3]
In the Southern Hemisphere, where this kind of display is known as the southern lights or the aurora australis, Antarctica is a “good bet even at nominal levels of solar activity.” Tasmania in ...
The Southern Lights most often refers to the Aurora australis (The) Southern Lights may also refer to: Southern Lights, by Danielle Steel, 2009; Southern Lights, by SJD, 2004; Southern Lights: Overexposed, a 2015 multimedia album by Alex Faith and Dre Murray "The Southern Lights", an episode of animated TV series The Legend of Korra