Imagine a brilliant laser light show in the sky where ribbons of green, red, or violet dance across the atmosphere. While these fascinating lights might look like they come from machines, they are actually a natural phenomenon known as an aurora. Auroras occur when highly charged electrons from solar wind interact with elements such as oxygen and nitrogen in the atmosphere. When the electrons strike the oxygen and nitrogen atoms, rays of light are formed. The color of these rays depends on which atoms collide and the altitude, or height, at which they meet. The rays often run parallel and take turns dimming and brightening in the night sky.
But where exactly do these light spectacles form? Like the needles
of a compass, auroras are attracted to Earthis two magnetic ends: the
geographic North and South Poles. The rays themselves follow the
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