Northern lights.
the northern lights
The Northern Lights. Borealis is "north" and aurora is similar to "lights" so "northern lights". There is such thing as Aurora Australis that occurs in the south.
The other name for the northern lights is aurora borealis.
"The Northern Lights" is Aurora Borealis's commonly used name.
Northern Lights (or southern if in the southern hemisphere)Northern lights
There is no sainted listed by the name of Aurora.
The Aurora Borealis is named after the Roman goddess of dawn, Aurora. It is believed that the name Aurora was attached to this natural phenomenon due to its glowing appearance in the sky, resembling the colors of the sunrise. The term "Borealis" indicates the northern location where this light display is most commonly seen.
Aurora Borealis
Lights
The Aurora Borealis was named after the Roman goddess of dawn, Aurora, and the Greek name for the north wind, Boreas, because of its vibrant and colorful display in the northern hemisphere.
Aurora Borealis is the real name for the Northern Lights. It is a natural light display in the sky in high latitude regions.
Aurora Borealis was named after the Roman Goddess of dawn, Aurora, and the Greek name for the north wind, Boreas, by Pierre Gassendi in 1621.From the Latin "Aurora" = the dawn and from the Greek "Boreas" = The northern wind. (In Greek the winds coming from the four points of the compass had a different name. Boreas for the northern wind, Notus for the southern wind, Zephyrus for the western wind, and Euro for the eastern wind.)So Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) mean 'the dawn of the north'.Aurora is the Roman goddess of the dawn and Boreas is the Greek name for north wind. The same effect occurs in the south pole, however there it is called Aurora Australis. Australis is Latin for "South".Aurora Borealis was named after the Roman Goddess of dawn, Aurora, and the Greek name for the north wind, Boreas, by Pierre Gassendi in 1621."Borealis" is the northern aurora, "Australis" is the southern aurora.