Sentences with phrase «aurorae australis in»
Auroras — both the aurora borealis in the Northern Hemisphere and the aurora australis in the Southern Hemisphere — appear when charged particles from the sun, carried by a solar wind, run headlong into the Earth's own magnetically charged atmosphere.
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In the meantime he and his crew members do get to enjoy the almost otherworldly aurora australis, or southern lights.
The auroras, both surrounding the north magnetic pole (aurora borealis) and south magnetic pole (aurora australis) occur when highly charged electrons from the solar wind interact with elements in the earth's atmosphere.
The aurora borealis, or northern lights, in the Northern Hemisphere and the aurora australis, or southern lights, in the Southern Hemisphere are visible light emissions caused by the collision of charged particles (ions and electrons) from the solar wind with the upper atmosphere of Earth.
A display of aurora australis, or southern lights, manifesting itself as a glowing loop, in an image of part of Earth's Southern Hemisphere taken from space by astronauts aboard the U.S. space shuttle orbiter Discovery on May 6, 1991.