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Aurora Borealis or the Northern Lights occur when solar activity ejects a cloud of gas. When the cloud of gas hits Earth's magnetic field, it causes complex changes to the magnetic field, These changes generate currents of charged particles, which then flow along lines of magnetic force into the Polar Regions. These particles are boosted in energy in Earth's upper atmosphere, and when they collide with oxygen and nitrogen atoms, they produce dazzling auroral light.

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