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Aurora australis, the southern polar lights
Aurora borealis, the northern polar lights
Credit orvaratli
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Monday, October 19th, 2009
Aurora Australis, the southern polar lights
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009
Aurora Borealis southern counterpart, the aurora australis or the southern polar lights, has similar properties, but is only visible from high southern latitudes in Antarctica, South America, or Australasia. Australis is the Latin word for “of the South.”
The light show comes to us courtesy of our Sun. Electrically charged particles produced on the Sun [...]
Aurora Australis at the South Pole (2008) Credit Euclid vanderKroew
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Aurora Borealis, the northern polar lights.
Monday, September 21st, 2009
Aurora Borealis or commonly named The Northern Lights is a natural display of lights in the North Pole regions of our globe. The lights appear as flowing streams of color in the sky taking different shapes and contours and often look like a multicolored curtain coming down from outer space.
The light show comes to us [...]
Aurora Boreal, Iceland. Credit well_lucio
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