aurora

A natural atmospheric phenomenon that causes a pattern of colorful lights to appear in the night sky.

Predominantly seen in high-latitude regions around the Arctic and Antarctic. Also known as the northern lights or aurora borealis in the Northern hemisphere and as the southern lights or aurora australis in the Southern hemisphere.

Examples

See also

• milky way
• starry sky

External links

• Wikipedia: Aurora

The following tags are aliased to this tag: aurora_borealis and northern_lights (learn more).