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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 celestial phenonemon seen in sky of the northern polar regions of the [[Earth]]. An equivalent phenonemon called the [[Southern Lights]] or ''Aurora Australis'', is found in the southern polar regions.
  
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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.
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==Scientific Explanation==
  
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==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>
 
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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Aurora Borealis seen from space

The Northern Lights or Aurora Borealis is celestial phenonemon seen in sky of the northern polar regions of the Earth. An equivalent phenonemon 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]

  1. ↑ NASA Dictionary.

See also

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