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Imagine curtains of green, purple, and red light dancing across the night sky, as if someone had spilled luminous paint across the atmosp...
An aurora is a luminous phenomenon that occurs when charged particles from the Sun (protons and electrons) collide with gas atoms in Eart...
Everything begins at the Sun. Our star constantly ejects charged particles in all directions — the so-called solar wind, a supersonic pla...
The color of an aurora depends on which gas was struck and at what altitude the collision occurred. Each combination produces a different...
1. Tromsø, Norway — "Capital of the northern lights." Ideal latitude (69°N), excellent tourist infrastructure
Earth is not the only world with auroras. Any celestial body with an atmosphere and magnetic field (or magnetic interaction) can produce ...
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