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The "Northern Lights" (or Aurora Borealis) and their 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 atmospheric layer. Above this layer, the exosphere has so few molecules that they can escape into space.
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In what sphere do the northern lights occur?
The Northern Lights occur in the northern hemisphere, in the ionosphere, the highest level of the atmosphere.
Where do the Northern Lights occur?
In the upper atmosphere usually in latitudes above 50 degrees.
Do the Northern lights occur in the troposphere?
No they never occur in the Troposphere(:
Why do northern lights occur at the north pole?
Deflecting magnetic forces are concentrated at the earth's magnetic poles where charged particles collide and interact with our atmosphere
In what layer of the sun's atmosphere do prominence occur?
the chromosphere
What layer does not contain the northern lights?
The Northern Lights occur in the ionosphere, the highest level of the atmosphere, so all the others layer usually do NOT contain the Northern Lights.
In what sphere do the northern lights occur?
The Northern Lights occur in the northern hemisphere, in the ionosphere, the highest level of the atmosphere.
Where do the Northern Lights occur?
In the upper atmosphere usually in latitudes above 50 degrees.
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 term for the often colorful lights that occur in the atmosphere above the earth's Northern geomagnetic pole?
Aurora borealis
In which layer of the atmosphere does our weather occur?
troposphere
In what layer of the atmosphere do tornadoes and hurricanes occur?
Hurricanes, tornadoes, and virtually all other forms of weather occur in the lowest layer of the atmosphere, the troposphere.
What layer of the atmosphere would a tornado occur in?
A tornado would occur in the troposphere, the layer closest to the Earth.
In what layer of the Sun's atmosphere do sunspot occur?
They occur on the photosphere of the Sun.
Do the Northern lights occur in the troposphere?
No they never occur in the Troposphere(:
Which layer of the atmosphere does air travel occur?
It occurs in the troposhere, the narrowest layer of the atmosphere and it is where all life occurs
Does northern light and lightning are the same?
No, the northern lights are a phenomenon that typically occurs in the thermosphere, the second highest layer of the atmosphere. The northern lights are colorful curtains of light caused by charged particles from the sun being channeled into the upper atmosphere near the north magnetic pole by the planet's magnetic field, these particles then interact with gasses in the thermosphere to produce light in various colors. Lightning is a phenomenon that occurs in the troposphere, the lowest layer of the atmosphere. Lightning is a massive discharge of static electricity that results from interactions of ice crystals and water droplets in thunderstorms. More rarely lighting can occur in the ash cloud of a volcanic eruption.
