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https://youtu.be/fVsONlc3OUY
So how do they glow? Auroras occur after a few days of violent explosions
which happen on the Sun’s surface. The explosions contain particles called
electrons and protons which are cast out into space before making their
way down into the Earth's atmosphere. The particles hit gas atoms in the
high atmosphere, causing the atoms to glow.
See this thrilling time-lapse video!
Awesome Aur
or
No two Auro
ras ever look
the same.
The word au
rora borealis
m eans
“dawn of the
north” and a
ustralis “of
the south”
Their shapes
are curtains
or coronas.
The brightest
and most co
mmon
auroral colo
ur is green b
ut you
can also spo
t blue, purple
, red and
yellow.
a s!
In Finland, th
e name for th
e Aurora
Borealis mea
ns “Fox Fires”
, which
comes from
an ancient st
ory in
which the lig
hts were cau
sed by a
magical fox
sweeping his
tail from
the snow to
sky.
A huge amo
unt of solar
activity last
year meant
that some p
eople in
England and
Scotland we
re able to
spot the Nort
hern Lights.
SPARK
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