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What is the difference between the Northern Lights and the Southern LIghts?
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∙ 14y ago
The northern lights are light you can see in the sky. They are created be solar storms. The storms hit the atmosphere and are forced to the poles. The storms mix with oxygen and tern into colours and that is what you see.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 10y agoThe Northern lights (Aurora Borealis) occur in the northern hemisphere around the Arctic circle.
The Southern lights (Aurora Australis) occur in the southern hemisphere around the Antarctic circle. Depending on conditions, each may at times be visible well into the temperate zones.
They are colored light displays in the sky caused by the interaction of charged particles from the sun with the magnetic field of the earth. The magnetic field channels these particles into the atmosphere near the poles, where they interact with atmospheric gases to create the glow.
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∙ 12y agoThe Southern and Northern lights are referred to as Aurora. These occur when charged particles react to the Earths magnetosphere. Auroras can also occur in other areas due to CME (Coronal Mass Ejections).
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∙ 15y agoThe Aurora Australis, which some people call the "Southern Lights" is a natural light display found typically in the polar regions. Aurorae are caused by collisions of charged particles, which are attracted by Earth's Magnetosphere, in the upper limits of the Atmosphere. These collisions electrically excite the electrons and cause them to make quantum leaps. This movement of electrons can produce light. The color of the light is influenced by the gases found in the nearby atmosphere.
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∙ 14y agoThe Northern lights or Aurora Borealis are seen in the Northern Hemisphere on Earth, normally in the Arctic Circle.
The Southern Lights or Aurora Australis are seen in the Southern Hemisphere normally in the Antarctic region.
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∙ 13y agothe orthern lights r inthe north n the southern light r in d south
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∙ 15y agoIt's called the Aurora Borealis
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∙ 12y agoAurora Borealis
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∙ 9y agoIt's Called The Aurora Borealis.
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∙ 12y agoYes.
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What is the relationship between earths magnetic fields and the northern and southern lights?
because of electrons
Aurora borealis is a name for what natural phenomenon?
The aurora borealis night-sky displays are also known as the northern lights, or the northern polar lights.(or the southern (polar) lights, depending on where you live)In the Southern Hemisphere this phenomenon is also known as the aurora australis.
What nickname for Aurora?
northern or southern lights
What are the Aurora Arcticus called?
The northern ones are called the Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) and the southern ones are called the Southern Lights, or the Aurora Australis.
Do solar flares create the northern lights?
yes, as well as the southern lights.
What is the common name for Aurora borealis?
Northern Lights (or southern if in the southern hemisphere)Northern lights
Difference in Northern Lights and Southern Lights?
They are the same. They simply occur in different hemispheres. The southern lights are less well known because there is less inhabited land around the south pole, where you would see the southern lights
What are the northern lights in Antarctica called?
They'd be the Southern Lights, not northern.
Are there such things as the southern lights?
Yes there are. They are the same phenomenon as the Northern Lights. It happens at both the north pole and south pole. The Northern Lights can be seen in much of the northern hemisphere and the Southern Lights in much of the southern hemisphere.
Northern lights and southern lights are other names for what phhenomenon?
Aurora australis for Southern, Aurora Borealis for Northern
What is the relationship between earths magnetic fields and the northern and southern lights?
because of electrons
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.
What are Brilliant light displays that occur in the ionosphere?
The dancing lights of the ionosphere are known as auroras. In the Northern Hemisphere they are called the Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights. In the Southern Hemisphere they are known as the Aurora Australialis or Southern Lights.
Aurora borealis is a name for what natural phenomenon?
The aurora borealis night-sky displays are also known as the northern lights, or the northern polar lights.(or the southern (polar) lights, depending on where you live)In the Southern Hemisphere this phenomenon is also known as the aurora australis.
Why don't people talk about the southern lights?
People do talk about them. You probably live in the northern hemisphere, so the Northern Lights are more relevant there. In the southern hemisphere, people would be talking about the Southern Lights, as that is what they might be able to see. Where they are, they would not be talking about the Northern Lights.
Can People In Rome See The Southern Lights?
Rome, the capital of Italy, is in the northern hemisphere. You cannot see the Southern Lights from the northern hemisphere.
What nickname for Aurora?
northern or southern lights
