image creditThose who live at or visit high northern latitudes might at times experience colored lights shimmering across the night sky. This ethereal display is known as the aurora borealis, or northern lights. What causes these lights to appear?
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What Causes The Aurora Borealis Or Northern Lights?
Posted on the 14 October 2012 by Gerard @presurferimage creditThose who live at or visit high northern latitudes might at times experience colored lights shimmering across the night sky. This ethereal display is known as the aurora borealis, or northern lights. What causes these lights to appear?
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posted on 21 June at 12:54
really nice post.. i enjoy it..Want to enjoy the splendorous beauty of the Northern Lights? You can! The Northern and Southern lights – also called the aurora
borealis and aurora australis respectively – can be seen from a wide variety of locations on the Earth. Their visibility depends on a lot of factors, though, and much
like snow or wind or any other type of weather, the solar wind that causes the aurorae is variable.