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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

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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?

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Does the arctic tundra get the northern or southern lights?

The Arctic tundra is located in the northern hemisphere, so it is the best place to see the Northern Lights, also known as the aurora borealis. The Southern Lights, or aurora australis, can be seen in the southern hemisphere.


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What is the common name for Aurora borealis?

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Is the Aurora in the north and south?

Yes, the Aurora (Northern Lights and Southern Lights) can be seen in both the north and south hemispheres. In the Northern Hemisphere, they are known as the Northern Lights and can be seen in regions close to the Arctic Circle. In the Southern Hemisphere, they are known as the Southern Lights and can be seen in regions close to the Antarctic Circle.


What are Brilliant light displays that occur in the ionosphere?

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Are there only northern lights?

No - there are also Southern Lights, called the Aurora Australis.


Aurora borealis is a name for what natural phenomenon?

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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.


What is one phenomena found in Antarctica?

The Southern Lights- like the Northern Lights, but in the South.