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Q: What gives the northern lights their color?
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Why are Auroras and Northern Lights mostly green in color?

There are pink auroras too! the green wavelength (557.7 nm) is from oxygen; nitrogen gives pink 630.0 nm).


How do the northern lights get their color?

The Northern Lights, also known as Aurora Borealis is caused by collisions between electrically charged particles from the sun that enters the earth's atmosphere. The type of gas particles that are colliding result in the variations in color.


How does the northern lights effect the attitudes of people?

i think the northen lights affect people by the color of them because they are so so cute


When do you see the northerns light?

You see the Northern lights when the Sun gives off Solar Wind.


Where can one find information about how to see the Northern lights?

The best place to find information on how to see the Northern lights are on the ehow site. They show when the best time to see it is and gives a explanation on how it forms.


Does the suns light have anything to do with the northern lights?

Yes, most definetly. The higher sunspot activety on the sun, the more northern lights. The ions that gives energy to the gas molecules in the atmosphere, which again produce northern lights comes with the sun waves (radiation) from the sun. the next sunspot high OS expected to be in 2013, so this will be a excellent year to see northern lights.


What is the common name for Aurora borealis?

Northern Lights (or southern if in the southern hemisphere)Northern lights


Where is the Northern Lights located?

the northern lights are ,i am pretty sure,located in the northern hemisphere in Alaska


What is northern lights poles?

The northern lights are in the northern hemisphere hence nearer the north pole.


The aurora borealis is referred to as what?

Northern Lights


What are the northern lights in Antarctica called?

They'd be the Southern Lights, not northern.


When was Northern Lights - pipeline - created?

Northern Lights - pipeline - was created in 1985.