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"Space Tornadoes" Power the Northern Lights
2009-04-29 17:16:00 From Discover Magazine | RSS: Thanks to a quintet of satellites and a backup posse of ground-based telescopes, researchers have gotten their best look ever at how auroras-also known as the southern and northern lights-begin to form in space. The dazzling light displays are provoked
Are You Ready To See The Northern Lights?
2008-03-29 00:00:00 I hope so, because in April, Scandinavia travelers will have quite a few opportunities to watch the Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) in action! The Geophysical Institute states that upcoming active...
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Scientists Decode the Northern Lights
2007-12-12 04:59:00 latimes.com: SAN FRANCISCO — Scientists think they have discovered the energy source of the spectacular color displays seen in the northern lights. New data from NASA’s Themis mission, a quintet of satellites launched this winter, found the energy comes from a stream of charged particles from the sun flowing like a current through twisted bundles of ...
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See The Northern Lights From Home
2007-09-10 00:00:00 Have you ever seen the Aurora Borealis, also called the Northern Lights?It doesn't really matter whether it's your first time or if you've seen the natural light show several times,...
The Northern Lights
2007-08-10 16:54:00 The Northern LightsAll images used here are with consent of the photographer.Here are The Northern Lights photographed by Sigurdur H Stefnisson.Sigurdur H Stefnisson has been involved in photography since the age of 7. He is highly regarded among professional photographers many of whom have used his services extensively. "When the electrically charged particles hit the outer layers of the atmosphere it causes them to glow. Different gases in the atmosphere cause different colors as can be observed from Earth in the many color variations of the auroras.When solar activity is high the sun releases solar particles. These particles travel with solar winds towards the Earth and are drawn into the atmosphere by the earth's magnetic field.The auroras have been a source for all kinds of ideas from the supernatural to reflection of warfires at the edge of the world. Later, more realistically, people thought they were reflections of the Sun.They can be seen in auroral belts that form 20-25 d...
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The Northern Lights of Alaska
2007-06-16 23:20:00 A scenic natural phenomenonThe Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights, shines above Bear Lake here Jan. 18. The lights are the result of solar particles colliding with gases in Earth's atmosphere. Early Eskimos and Indians believed different legends about the Northern Lights, such as they were the souls of animals dancing in the sky or the souls of fallen enemies trying to rise again. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joshua Strang)Original |
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