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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 ...
Camera technology has improved since the last G5-class geomagnetic storm in 2003, with even standard cell phone cameras having enough sensitivity to pick up the colours of an aurora. [54] Consequently, images of aurorae were spread widely across social media , with much public excitement being generated during the event. [ 55 ]
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 ...
Geomagnetic storms can spark beautiful aurora borealis and aurora australis — the Northern and Southern lights. These colorful displays have been showing up further south than usual, in states ...
A spectacular light show was captured overnight on Monday, September 1, above Lake Ellesmere near Christchurch, New Zealand.Photographer Isaac Smart’s timelapse video shows the aurora australis ...
A photographer in Evandale, Tasmania, captured a dazzling night sky on Sunday, February 7. In timelapse footage by Ben Swanson, the aurora australis and clouds flicker against a rotating backdrop ...
Harmonic produced this show exclusively for NASA TV UHD, using time-lapses shot from the International Space Station, showing both the Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis phenomena that occur when electrically charged electrons and protons in the Earth's magnetic field collide with neutral atoms in the upper atmosphere.
A member of an Indian research team in Antarctica captured multiple clips of timelapse footage featuring aurora australis over a number of months in 2019.Bhaskar Sarkar was a chief medical officer ...