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Aurora Borealis By Kristen and Miranda
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What is Aurora Borealis? Aurora Borealis, or other wise known as the Northern Lights, is a colorful occurrence that is mostly seen around the northern horizon, and in the polar zone. The northern lights can be any bight color, depending on where it is. Example: In Iceland the northern lights might be a blue, white, or green.
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Were Does the Northern Lights get it’s name? The northern lights gets it’s name from the names: Aurora – The name of the Roman goddess of dawn. Borealis –The Greek word for north wind.
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What causes the northern lights? The northern lights are caused by the collision of charged electrons that are found in the magnetosphere. A Magnetosphere is a region in space in which fantastic events are organized by Earths magnetic field. Along with atoms in the Earths upper atmosphere they create beautiful colorations of light.
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Early sighting of the northern lights The first time anyone has spotted the northern lights occurred on September 2 nd, 1859. This was the first time it was spotted world wide! Some places where you can see these magnificent lights is in Alaska and California.
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A Legend of Aurora Borealis The Makah Indians of Washington state thought the northern lights where fires in the Far North, over which a tribe of dwarfs, half the length of a canoe paddle and so strong they caught whales with their hands, boiled blubber.
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The wonders of aurora borealis
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Wonders continued…
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