the northern lights
The other name for the northern lights is aurora borealis.
"The Northern Lights" is Aurora Borealis's commonly used name.
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 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.
Lights
The other name for the northern lights is aurora borealis.
"The Northern Lights" is Aurora Borealis's commonly used name.
There is no sainted listed by the name of Aurora.
Aurora Borealis
The Aurora Borealis
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 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.
Northern lights.
Aurora Borealis is the real name for the Northern Lights. It is a natural light display in the sky in high latitude regions.
''Aurora'' means Dawn and ''Borealis'' means North. So basically Aurora borealis means ''Dawn of north''.
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.