What are the Aurora Lights?

You must have heard about the beautiful “Aurora lights” also known as Northern lights or Polar lights. In this post, we'll explore these amazing patterns of light.

So, what are Aurora lights?? They are actually natural light displays, mostly found in high-altitude regions. Auroras show amazing patterns of light. It could be in a spiral form or dynamic flickers.


What are the Aurora Lights?
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Etymology:

First, let us discuss the etymology of the word "aurora". This word was coined by Galileo in 1619 from the name of the Roman goddess of the dawn, Aurora who travels from east to west announcing the coming of the sun.

What are the Aurora Lights?
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Places of Occurrence:

The auroras can be seen clearly at night in high-altitude areas. A region that where aurora lights are displayed is called the "auroral oval". The band where most aurorae occur is known as the "auroral zone", which is typically between 10° and 20° from the geomagnetic poles at all longitudes and 3° to 6° wide in latitude.


The Aurora Borealis:

In northern latitudes, this phenomenon is known as the northern lights or aurora borealis. Borealis is the Latin word for the “northern”. The aurora borealis is visible from being close to the center of the Arctic Circle such as  Greenland, Alaska, Canada, Norway, Iceland, Sweden, and Finland.   

What are the Aurora Lights?
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The Aurora Australis:                       

The phenomenon occurring in the southern part is called the aurora australis or the southern lights have featured almost identical to the aurora borealis and changes simultaneously with changes in the northern auroral zone. The aurora australis is visible from high southern latitudes in Antarctica, South Africa, Argentina, Chile, New Zealand, and Australia.

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