What is one phenomenon on the sun that causes the auroras?

Answer 1

The polar auroras are caused when charged particles get captured by Earth's magnetic field. The field draws them towards the poles and so protects our atmosphere from being blown away by the solar wind.

When the sun emits a solar flare, a large amount of charged particles is also emitted. This wave of particles is what gives the auroras their color and intensity. The more particles, the large for aurora.

Answer 2

Solar flares are a phenomenon on the sun that can cause auroras on Earth. These flares release high-energy particles that travel towards our planet and interact with our magnetic field, resulting in colorful displays of light known as auroras in regions near the poles.

Answer 3

Typically, the aurora borealis or "northern lights" are seen in northern areas, such as Canada or Montana, but have been seen as far south as Cuba during intense magnetic storms of the Earth. In the Southern Hemisphere, this is called the aurora australis.

The web site www.spaceweather.com can tell you a day or so in advance of magnetic storms that are likely to cause auroras.

Answer 4

Auroras are created at both the North and South magnetic poles.
In the north it is called the Aurora Borealis and in the south it's called the Aurora Australis.

This is caused by the solar wind interacting with the earth's magnetic field and our atmosphere.

in cases of strong solar storms, the Auroras can be seen much farther from the poles.

Answer 5

Aurora Borealis, Such a beautifull girl.

She comes from the sun and is both attracted and repelled by the earths magnetic field.

Aurora Australis is the same thing, only from the South Pole.

The Earth is constantly immersed in the solar wind, a rarefied flow of hot plasma (gas of free electrons and positive ions)

Solar flares and magnetic storms on the sun sends out a huge amount of radiation from the sun.

this radiation is captured and redirected by the earths magnetic field.

High up in the atmosphere the radiation reacts with various gases and chemichals making different colours.

At times when there are many solar flares we experience increased activity of this northern and southern light.

Aurora Borealis can mostly be seen far north and far south because this is where earths magnetic field is at its strongest.

If the earth did not have this magnetic field protecting it, the radiation from the sun would most likely have severe impact on life on earth, and life would probably not exist apart from in the water.

Regards.

Answer 6

The aurora on the Earth is caused by solar storms from the sun hitting the earth and being attracted to the Earth's magnetic feild. these solar storms is what causes the amazing colors you see in the artic and Antarctic sky.

Answer 7

• Oxygen gives off green light usually, or sometimes browny-red.
• Nitrogen gives off blue or red.
• If the collisions take place high up then oxygen gives off red. Lower down oxygen gives green and nitrogen shines blue and red. Lower down still oxygen is quiet and nitrogen still gives off blue and red.

Answer 8

The Sun's magnetic field produces charged particles and these charged particles are usually radiated out into space. Sometimes these charged particles may be caught in Earth's magnetic field and as they enter the upper atmosphere of Earth, they are in contact with other gases in the upper atmosphere and emit light and colors.

The solar wind reacts to the Earth's magnetic field and then spreads across the ionosphere (the upper, charged layer of our atmosphere).

Answer 9

. The auroras, both surrounding the north magnetic pole (aurora borealis) and south magnetic pole (aurora australis) occur when highly charged electrons from the solar wind interact with elements in the earth's atmosphere.

Answer 10

They are caused by charged particles from the solar wind hitting molecules of gas in the earth's atmosphere. The process causes the molecules to radiate light.