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AURORA BOREALIS Aurora Borealis is a celestial phenomena generally associated with the nordic winter, symbol of the clear, frosty nights up in the north. The oringin of Aurora lies in sudden violent outbursts of energy taking place at the sun's surface during which vast clouds of gas are thrown out into space. These clouds, which contain electrically charged particles—free electrons and protons—reach far out into the planets. When passing the earth some of the charged particles are caught by the magnetic field of the earth and are carried to two annular zones surrounding the earth, one of each of the magnetic poles. When the particles reach the outer layers of the atmosphere, at an altitude of 100-200 kilometers, polar lights flare up—Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights in the northern hemisphere and Aurora Australis or Southern Lights in the southern hemisphere.
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