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  2. Aurora - Wikipedia

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    An aurora [a] (pl. aurorae or auroras), [b] also commonly known as the northern lights (aurora borealis) or southern lights (aurora australis), [c] is a natural light display in Earth's sky, predominantly seen in high-latitude regions (around the Arctic and Antarctic). Auroras display dynamic patterns of brilliant lights that appear as curtains ...

  3. Aurora Australis Shimmers Over Tasmania in Timelapse Footage

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    A photographer in Evandale, Tasmania, captured a dazzling night sky on Sunday, February 7. In timelapse footage by Ben Swanson, the aurora australis and clouds flicker against a rotating backdrop ...

  4. 25 Stunning Northern Lights Photographs Honored By ... - AOL

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    #5 “Aurora Australis” – Marc Adamus Patagonia Fjords, Chile. "I’m not sure if an aurora had ever been recorded in Patagonia before, but we got incredibly lucky on the night of May 10, 2024 ...

  5. List of atmospheric optical phenomena - Wikipedia

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    Aurora (northern and southern lights, aurora borealis and aurora australis) Belt of Venus; Brocken Spectre; Circumhorizontal arc; Circumzenithal arc; Cloud iridescence; Crepuscular rays; Earth's shadow; Earthquake lights; Glories; Green flash; Halos, of Sun or Moon, including sun dogs; Haze; Heiligenschein or halo effect, partly caused by the ...

  6. File:Spacecraft View of Aurora Australis from Space.webm

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    From space, the aurora is a crown of light that circles each of Earth’s poles. The IMAGE satellite captured this view of the aurora australis (southern lights) on September 11, 2005, four days after a record-setting solar flare sent plasma—an ionized gas of protons and electrons—flying towards the Earth.

  7. Aurora Australis Brings Spectacular Light Show to ... - AOL

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    A green glow from the Aurora Australis phenomenon glimmered over Hobart, Tasmania, on April 20, providing a light show for esidents under a stay-at-home order amid the COVID-19 pandemic.The video ...

  8. Optical phenomenon - Wikipedia

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    Aurora (northern and southern lights, aurora borealis and aurora australis) Belt of Venus; ... Some phenomena are yet to be conclusively explained and may possibly be ...

  9. Northern lights create awe-inspiring scene over US, Europe - AOL

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    The magnificent light show was also seen across part of the Southern Hemisphere in Australia and New Zealand. In this region of the world, the celestial lights are known as the aurora australis.