The Aurora Borealis Northern Lights

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The Aurora Borealis (commonly referred to as the Northern Lights) are the result of interactions between the Sun and Earth's outer atmosphere. The Aurora Australis is the southern hemisphere counterpart to the Aurora Borealis. NOAA AURORA BOREALIS (NORTHERN LIGHTS).

An aurora (plural: aurorae or auroras; from the Latin word aurora, "sunrise" or the Roman goddess of dawn) is a natural light display in the sky particularly in the high latitude (Arctic and Antarctic) regions, caused by the collision of energetic charged particles with atoms in the high altitude atmosphere (thermosphere).

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Aurora borealis - the Northern Lights. Image ID: corp1914, NOAA Corps Collection Photo Date: November 1991 Photographer: Commander John Bortniak, NOAA Corps.

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Aurora borealis, the Northern Lights, captured by an inexpensive digital camera. Image ID: noaa6536, NOAA's Online World Collection

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