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Along with light and heat, the sun sends out large amounts of radiation- enough to fry our little planet and leave a scorched ball of dust behind. However, our magnetic field creates a type of shield that averts the majority of this radiation. Towards the poles, the 'shield' is less effective, and smaller amounts of the more energetic radiation particles pass through. When these enter the atmosphere, they leave bright trails behind them, which we can see as the auroras.
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What is the term for the often colorful lights that occur in the atmosphere above the earths norhtern geomagnetic pole?
Aurora Borealis, the Northern Lights.
What is The Aurora that is visible in the southern hemisphere?
Aurora at the South Pole are named aurora australis.
Where on earth are you most likely to see auroras in the sky?
The aurora borealis and aurora australis occur in the thermosphere.
What is the name of the Aurora in Antarctica?
Aurora Australis is the name of the aurora in Antarctica.
What is the glowing region in the atmosphere called?
the glowing region in the atmosphere is called an aurora. An aurora example of an aurora would be aurora borealis or the northern lights, or the aurora australis which is also known as the southern lights. *<=D
Where Aurora occur?
They occur in the Mesosphere.
When do Aurora borealis occurs?
The aurora borealis occur at times of heightened states of solar activity, this also applies to the aurora australius.
Where are aurora's located in the atmosphere?
The aurora borealis and aurora australis occur in the Ionosphere from around 100 km up. This layer of the atmosphere is also called the Thermosphere.
What layer that is the hottest and where the aurora borealis occur is called what?
thremosphere
Brilliant light displays that occur in the ionsphere are called the?
aurora
Does the auroria borealis occur in anarticia?
Yes but it is called the Aurora Australis
What are the colored lights in earth's atmosphere that occur near the poles?
Aurora Boreal
When will the aurora borealis occur again in Ohio?
seen feb.21 2am-4am
Does the arctic tundra get the northern or southern lights?
The arctic tundra gets the northern lights, or aurora borealis. The southern lights, or aurora australis, occur in high southern latitudes.
The Aurora borealis and Aurora australis occur in which layer of the atmosphere?
The Aurora Borealis and its southern counterpart the Aurora Australis are formed high in the atmosphere in the ionosphere, which is sometimes considered as part of the thermosphere, the outermost actual atmosphere. Above this layer, the exosphere has so few molecules that they can escape into space.(see the related question below)
What is the term for the often colorful lights that occur in the atmosphere above the earth's Northern geomagnetic pole?
Aurora borealis
What year did aurora borealis occur in south Florida?
I'm think you are referring to the big solar flare of 1859.
