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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 (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 ...
An aurora is a natural light display in the sky, especially in the high latitude (Arctic and Antarctic) regions, in the form of a large circle around the pole. It is caused by the collision of solar wind and charged magnetospheric particles with the high altitude atmosphere ( thermosphere ).
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 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 ...
A green glow from the Aurora Australis phenomenon glimmered over Hobart, Tasmania, on April 20, providing a light show for esidents under a stay-at-home order amid the COVID-19 pandemic.The video ...
The lights in the Southern hemisphere are called Aurora Australis, or the Southern Lights. Objectives. The purpose of the project is to monitor the frequency and intensity of the Aurora Borealis (Northern lights) in the years that led up to the Solar Maximum that was scheduled to occur in 2013-14. Scientists have noticed that the sun's activity ...
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 ...