Aurora borealis?

Question

Do the northern lights make noise?my dad's been to Alaska he said he's heard it,my sister said they don't. & i think i may have heard it once on this Alaska video my dad brought home once,don't they make a humming noise?,but i don't remember.I want your opinion.

Answer 1

Oh yeah.  There's lots of energy.  If you're close enough, you can hear it.

In Michigan, we see them fairly often, but not like Alaska.  I've not yet heard them personally.

Astronomers talk about light pollution.  We also have noise pollution.  When i walk out the front door, i have to really crank my iPod.  Sometimes i wear full cup style active noise reduction headphones.  But i've yet to find a pair that is really comfortable.

Answer 2

Ive lived in Alaska all of my life,and i have never heard the Aurora,the Aurora borealis takes place in the ionosphere,and the air is very then there so sound waves would have a hard time traveling thru it and to the earth to reach you ears at 60 miles away.i know this was a simple answer but i hope it helped,just keep learning.

Answer 3

I have heard them make noise.

Answer 4

i just saw a program on this and they said that it did make a sound

sounds like crackling or something and the inuet (eskimos) believed it was their ancestors talking or something

my guess is it's coming from the electrical interactions of the solar wind with the atmosphere.... like how sometimes you can hear static electricity... a crackling sound

Answer 5

The reports of auroral sound make it certain that the unknown cause of the apparent sound is in the vicinity of the hearer, not in the Aurora itself. Most likely, the reported noises are related to electrical phenomena which accompany certain types of bright Aurora.