What is the aura boeralis?

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What is the aura boeralis?

Answer 1

Also known as "The Northern Lights"

Yoou know... those pretty flashy lights in the sky..

in places like Alaska...!

Answer 2

I think you mean the aura borealis and its also know as the northern lights...

Heres a picture: http://aura.gaia.com/photos/2/11449/larg...

Answer 3

it is actually a "leak" of cosmic radiation from the sun - through the magnetic poles of the earth. The magnetosphere blocks alot of this - but at the poles it is the weakest and it comes into the atmosphere.  

Supposed to look quite nice

Answer 4

The northern lights

Answer 5

The nothern lights.  They are caused by the earths magnetic field directing powerful readiation toward the poles where it emits light.

Answer 6

The northern lights.

Answer 7

the northern lights dimrod!!!!

Answer 8

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_(ast...

Answer 9

Auroras (North/South Polar Lights; or aurorae, sing.: aurora) are natural colored light displays in the sky, usually observed at night, particularly in the polar zone. They typically occur in the ionosphere. Some scientists call them "polar auroras" (or "aurorae polares"). In northern latitudes, the effect is known as the aurora borealis, named after the Roman goddess of dawn, Aurora, and the Greek name for north wind, Boreas. It often appears as a greenish glow or sometimes a faint red, as if the sun was rising from an unusual direction. The aurora borealis is also called the northern polar lights, as it is only visible in the North sky from the Northern Hemisphere. The aurora borealis most often occurs from September to October and from March to April. The Cree call this phenomenon the Dance of the Spirits.

Its southern counterpart, the aurora australis/southern polar lights, has similar properties. Australis is the Latin word for "of the South".

Benjamin Franklin first brought attention to the "mystery of the Northern Lights." He theorized the shifting lights to a concentration of electrical charges in the polar regions intensified by the snow and other moisture.

Here is where you can see one:

http://www.travelplan.com.au/verve/_reso...

Answer 10

Auroras (North/South Polar Lights; or aurorae, sing.: aurora) are natural colored light displays in the sky, usually observed at night, particularly in the polar zone. They typically occur in the ionosphere. Some scientists[who?] call them "polar auroras" (or "aurorae polares").[citation needed] In northern latitudes, the effect is known as the aurora borealis, named after the Roman goddess of dawn, Aurora, and the Greek name for north wind, Boreas. It often appears as a greenish glow or sometimes a faint red, as if the sun was rising from an unusual direction.[citation needed] The aurora borealis is also called the northern polar lights, as it is only visible in the North sky from the Northern Hemisphere. The aurora borealis most often occurs from September to October and from March to April. The Cree call this phenomenon the Dance of the Spirits

Answer 11

Aurora Borealis are also known as the Northern lights.  When charged particles in the ionosphere collide it produces a light reaction and from the ground it looks like a light show.  Aurora is the term for the natural phenomenon, so the polar lights in the southern hemisphere are called the Aurora Australis.

Answer 12

its most commonly know as the Northern Lights. Aurora borealis most often occurs from September to October and from March to April. You can see them at night in like the polar regions