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The radiation emitted from solar flares skiffs across the ozone layer of the earth, at both the north and south poles, creating the phenomenon commonly know as the "Northern" and "Southern" Lights respectively.
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∙ 10y agoThe sun produces continuous solar winds that vary in intensity with the events happening on the surface of the sun. These winds are made up of thousands of tons of charged particles moving away from the sun at high velocity. Some solar flares can expel enough matter to exceed the volume of Mount Everest, traveling away from the sun in a giant bundle.
Earth's liquid nickle-iron core rotates inside the hot mantle thus producing a strong electromagnetic field around earth via the dynamo effect. The poles are located near Earth's north and south poles. When the solar wind encounters Earths magnetic field, it compresses the side its coming from. This is called bow shock. It also stretches the opposite side into a long tail. Most of the charged particles are redirected by, and flow along, our magnetic field lines. Since the field is concentrated at the poles, the charged particles are of higher intensity at the poles as opposed to the number of particles that reach the rest of the surface of Earth. If the solar wind is particularly strong, it can fold the forward field back behind the planet where it snaps into the tail. When this happens, the new forward field pushes back toward its natural place. The jostling of the magnet field creates turbulence in the solar wind. Particles can be grouped as they follow the field lines. This causes greatly increased aurora activity as many of the particles rebound along lower layers of the field.
When the particles interact with our atmosphere, they ionize some of the gas molecules in the air and make them glow. When the volume of particles traveling down the field lines at the poles increases, it increases the brightness of the aurora and produces more sheets; they can also cover more geographical area which allow them to be seen from lower latitudes.
This is how the aurora are formed and sustained.
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Do solar flares from the sun cause auroras near earths poles?
Magnetic storms unleashed by solar flares can cause auroras, but all solar flares don't cause auroras.
Are auroras the result of solar flares?
No, auroras are the result of Solar wind interacting with the Ionosphere. Solar flares can intensify an aurora however.
Auroras are the result of energy from solar flares?
No
What can cause auroras near earth poles?
Solar winds are the out-of-this-world event that cause auroras to appear on earth. Auroras can happen near both the north and the south poles.
How do sunspots prominences solar flares and solar winds contribute to the northern light?
The northern lights, or auroras, are caused by the particles of the Sun's solar energy meeting the atmosphere of Earth. The particle waves of the solar energy is also called cosmic waves.
Do solar flares from the sun cause auroras near earths poles?
Magnetic storms unleashed by solar flares can cause auroras, but all solar flares don't cause auroras.
Are auroras the result of solar flares?
No, auroras are the result of Solar wind interacting with the Ionosphere. Solar flares can intensify an aurora however.
Is it true that auroras are the result of energy from solor flares?
is it false that auroras are the result of energy from solar flares
Auroras are the result of energy from solar flares?
No
Which solar feature or activity produces auroras also called the northern and southern lights?
Solar flares
What can cause auroras near earth poles?
Solar winds are the out-of-this-world event that cause auroras to appear on earth. Auroras can happen near both the north and the south poles.
What happens to people after a solar flare?
Very little happens to people after a solar flare. Solar flares are a regular occurrence. The charged particles they emit can disrupt radio signals and also increase the auroras.
Does sun flare attack the earth in 2012?
No. There will be solar flares in 2012 - there are flares every year, even the last couple of years during the depth of the deepest solar minimum in the last century - but solar flares do not "attack the Earth". It is possible that a massive solar flare could cause communications outages, or damage satellites, or cause spectacular auroras - but that could happen ANY time. There were a few satellites damaged by solar flares during the last solar max, in 2002, but the doom-sayers were wrong about that one, too.
What has the author Daniel W Michaels written?
Daniel W. Michaels has written: 'Auroral research' -- subject(s): Auroras 'Solar flare patrol and prediction' -- subject(s): Solar flares
Why do auroras mess up the radio signal?
Auroras are radio frequency emanations from the violent solar flares that occur on the SUN. Visibly these auroras can be seen visually as wavering shows of light in the far north sky. These flares can also cause momentary much higher levels of radio frequency noise which can and does cause interference to Radio & TV communication systems frequencies used here on Earth.
Why do auroras mess up my radio signal?
Auroras are radio frequency emanations from the violent solar flares that occur on the SUN. Visibly these auroras can be seen visually as wavering shows of light in the far north sky. These flares can also cause momentary much higher levels of radio frequency noise which can and does cause interference to Radio & TV communication systems frequencies used here on Earth.
How do sunspots prominences solar flares and solar winds contribute to the northern light?
The northern lights, or auroras, are caused by the particles of the Sun's solar energy meeting the atmosphere of Earth. The particle waves of the solar energy is also called cosmic waves.
