Also known as the northern lights; the luminous, radiant emission from the upper atmosphere over middle and high latitudes, and centred around the earth's magnetic poles. These silent fireworks a [..]

1620s, "Northern Lights," literally "northern dawn," said to have been coined by French philosopher Petrus Gassendus (1592-1655) after a spectacular display seen in France Sept. 2, [..]

Also known as the northern lights, this is an atmospheric phenomenon that displays a diffuse glow in the sky in the northern hemisphere. It is caused by charged particles from the Sun as they interact [..]

bright bands of color around the North Pole caused by solar wind and the Earth's magnetic field. Also called the northern lights.

The Northern lights

an aurora in the northern hemisphere

the name for the aurora

Also known as the northern lights; the luminous, radiant emission from the upper atmosphere over middle and high latitudes, and centred around the earth's magnetic poles. These silent fireworks are often seen on clear winter nights in a variety of shapes and colors.

also know as Northern Polar lights are natural occurring light display in the heavens in the Northern hemisphere. They are nature’s light show. It is the name given to light emitted by atoms, molecule [..]

A natural occurring display of lights observed in the high latitudes of the polar regions on the globe, but are also often seen as far as 65-72 degrees north and south. The chance for seeing the northern lights increases as you go closer to the North Magnetic Pole. If near the magnetic pole, they can be seen overhead, but from further distances the [..]

A luminous phenomenon in the night sky consisting of overlapping curtains of greenish-white light, sometimes fringed with pink, appearing in the ionosphere of high latitudes. It is caused by the emission of light by atoms and molecules that are excited by beams of electrons generated by a complex interaction between the solar wind and the Earth& [..]

Also known as the northern lights

also known as Northern Lights - The luminous, radiant emission from the upper atmosphere over middle and high latitudes, and centred around the earth's magnetic poles. These silent fireworks are [..]

The southern hemisphere version of the Aurora.

Also known as the northern lights; the luminous, radiant emission from the upper atmosphere over middle and high latitudes, and centred around the earth's magnetic poles. These silent fireworks a [..]

The aurora of the northern hemisphere