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Q: Where did the word aurora australis come from?
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What is The Aurora that is visible in the southern hemisphere?

Aurora at the South Pole are named aurora australis.


Where would you Aurora australis?

The Aurora Australis are the "Southern Lights" They can be seen in the "low" latitudes of the southern hemisphere.


What is the name of the Aurora in Antarctica?

Aurora Australis is the name of the aurora in Antarctica.


Where would you see Aurora Australis?

The Aurora Australis are the "Southern Lights" They can be seen in the "low" latitudes of the southern hemisphere.


What are the aurora borialis and the aurora australis?

the aurora borialis means the northern lights and the arora australis means the southeren lights. they only appear at the poles.


What is another name for the Aurora Australis?

Aurora Australis means "Southern Lights", the opposite to "Aurora Borealis" in the north. (Aurora was the Roman goddess of dawn, (similar to the Greek goddess Eos) and Australis is the Latin word for South.)The Aurora Australis are lights up in the sky that you can only see from the Southern Hemisphere. These silent 'fireworks' you often see on a clear winter night in a variety of shapes and colours! Sometimes the Aurora Australis is over 100-250 km above the ground. The aurora forms huge oval halos of radiation around the earth's magnetic poles.The auroras can disrupt power systems, navigation systems, communications, and more.An Aurora Australis occurs when streams of particles from the sun's solar winds hit the earth's atmosphere at an angle (as can only happen at the poles). These particles collide with atoms of the oxygen and nitrogen gases in the ionosphere and the particles glow creating curtains of blue, green and magenta. An aurora is sometimes accompanied by a crackling sound.Like the Aurora Borealis (northern lights) but in the southern hemisphere.


What is the Aurora called in the south?

Aurora Australis or 'Southern lights'.


How is an aurora boreali different from an auroroa australis?

It's all in the name. The Aurora Borealis is seen in the Northern Hemisphere. The Aurora Australis is seen in the Southern Hemisphere.


Scientific name for the twinkling of the stars?

Aurora Borealis is the real name for the Northern Lights. It is a natural light display in the sky in high latitude regions.


Do aurora australis seen here in the Philippines?

yes . my friend says that she see aurora australis here in the philippines but im not sure :)


Is aurora borealis bad?

No. In fact the aurora borealis and the aurora australis are very beautiful sights.


How is and aurora borealis different from and aurora australis?

Aurora Borealis occurs in northern parts of the world. Aurora Australis in southern parts of the world. Borealis is more known because there are more places and people to see them.