The Northern lights

FACTS OF THE NORTHERN LIGHTS

• The official name is the "aurora borealis".
• It has bright and dazzling displays in the sky .
• The displays occur when gaseous particles collide
• They can be seen from many places on earth.
• They are normally visible nearly every night near the North Pole.

MORE FACTS

• Auroras occur when changed particles from the sun's solar wind interact.
• The northern lights can be visible as far south as Texas
• The color of each aurora depends upon the gas particles they are busy jumping around
• Some Inuit peoples believe that The auroras were the spirits of the animals they hunted

PLACES TO VIEW THE NORTHERN LIGHTS

• You can see the northern light as far south as New Orleans
• You can see them in north Canada.
• You can also see them at the southern tip of Greenland
• They can be see at the northern coast of Siberia
• You can also see them over Northern Scandinavia.

Untitled Slide

• YThe bright dancing lights of the aurora Aare actually collisions between electrically charged particles from the sun that enter the earth's atmosphere.
• The northern lights can be seen in the southern or northern hemisphere .
• As the solar wind particles enter the earth's atmosphere they collide with molecules of nitrogen and oxygen which relinquish their agitated energy in the form of light
• The northern lights are very amazing they have been seen for thousands of years