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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.
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>
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==See also==
==See also==
[[Category:Meteorology]]
[[Category:Meteorology]]
[[Category:Astronomy]]