The northern lights: how can we not be amazed by lights jumping around in the sky?

Wow, pink and purple skies! I hope you've had a chance to see it this weekend, or at least sometime in the past or future. Let's talk about these magnificent lights.

A few resources:

What causes the northern lights?

Northern lights: what they are and how to see them

10 awesome aurora facts (from the Australian government)

Fire in the sky: the southern lights in Indigenous oral traditions

Hubble captures vivid auroras in Jupiter's atmosphere (NASA)

 

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