Northern Lights
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Northern Lights another name for the aurora borealis.
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Spectacular Cycle of Aurora Borealis to Usher in New Century; Eleven-Year Peak In Sun Storm Activity May Even Bring View Of 'Northern Lights' To Those In Southern States.
Business Wire; 11/17/1999; 700+ words
; ...Nov. 17, 1999-- The Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights...strong enough to cause the Aurora Borealis to be visible...and viewed the Aurora Borealis as a bad omen. The Northern...chance to view the Aurora Borealis will be in the Northern...
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Aurora Borealis.(Poem)
Magazine article from: Children's Playmate; 7/1/2007; ; 446 words
; Aurora Borealis Aurora borealis-- Amazing northern lights! You...rainbow Seen on northern nights. Aurora borealis-- Floating, waving light! Your...uh-ROR-uh aw-STRAY-lis). Auroras can appear as a greenish glow in the...
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The Aurora Borealis
Magazine article from: Scandinavian Review; 10/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...we now know as the aurora borealis or northern lights...play while there were auroras, fearful they could...increased the motion of the aurora! Auroras have been a source...you are to me, Aurora, a symbol of life...When the aurora borealis is extremely active...
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Aurora Borealis
Magazine article from: Children's Playmate Magazine; 7/1/1998; ; 360 words
; Aurora borealis Amazing northern lights...northern nights. Aurora borealis Floating, waving light...from dim to bright. Aurora borealis I wonder what you are...called aurora australis. Auroras can appear as a greenish...
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Aurora Borealis: ALASKA'S LIGHT SHOW.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Alaska Business Monthly; 12/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...Arctic peoples viewed the aurora borealis as a positive economic indicator...came in search of the aurora borealis. The Division of Tourism...around the North Pole where auroras are most often visible...solar max. Expect aurora borealis hunters in hot pursuit.
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Virgin's space flights to target Aurora Borealis.
Newspaper article from: Sunday Business (London); 4/9/2006; 700+ words
; ...through the Northern Lights, the Aurora Borealis. Virgin's European space centre...2008 with trips through the Aurora Borealis beginning in 2011. The ship making...000, E162,000). The Aurora Borealis is typically 80-150 kilometres...
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'Aurora Borealis': Drama doesn't quite light up the night skies
Newspaper article from: Oakland Tribune; 9/29/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...seldom addressed in cinema. "Aurora Borealis," an unsettling drama bolstered...it might have carried "Aurora Borealis." Jackson makes a believable...he shouldn't have. "Aurora Borealis," named for the lights Ronald...
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Tripping the NORTHERN LIGHTS fantastic Spectacular aurora borealis brightens trek to Alberta
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 9/19/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...LIGHTS fantastic Spectacular aurora borealis brightens trek to Alberta...and nature of the aurora borealis. ("Aurora" means "dawn," "borealis" means "north.") To oversimplify what he said: The auroras are the result of an interaction...
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Arctic light show: this is one of the best times to see--and photograph--the spectacular multi-coloured aerial displays of the aurora borealis. And you don't need any specialised techniques or equipment to capture it--just make sure you wrap up.
Magazine article from: Geographical; 3/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THE AURORA BOREALIS, OR northern lights, is...in photographing the aurora borealis isn't the correct lens choice...time to photograph the aurora borealis is in March--around the...solar storm (see What causes auroras?), aurora sightings can...
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Aurora borealis. (poem)
Magazine article from: Children's Playmate; 7/1/1998; ; 376 words
; Aurora borealis-- Amazing northern lights! You're...rainbow Seen on northern nights Aurora borealis-- Floating, waving light! Your softly...patterns Slide from dim to bright. Aurora borealis-- I wonder what you are? You're...
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Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australialis
Book article from: World of Earth Science
Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australialis The Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australialis are...s polar regions. The Aurora Borealis — also known as the...in southern polar regions. Auroras are colored and twisting ribbons...
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aurora borealis
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
aurora borealis and aurora australis , luminous...the night sky. The aurora borealis of the Northern Hemisphere...hemisphere. The aurora borealis is said to occur with greatest...form hydrogen atoms. The auroras coincide with periods of...
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aurora
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy
aurora An emission of light from...sunlit uppermost parts of aurorae at altitudes of 1000 ...southern hemisphere), the aurora takes a number of characteristic...horizon (from which the aurora borealis —‘northern...southern hemisphere as the aurora australis , a ...
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Aurora
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Aurora in Roman mythology, the goddess of the...with her. From the early 18th century, aurora has been used to designate a natural electrical...southern regions it is respectively called aurora borealis or northern lights and aurora australis...
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aurora australis
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
aurora australis see aurora borealis .
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