Aurora Borealis

The scientific name for Northern Lights, Arctic Lights is "Aurora borealis"

The words Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) are latin for 'the dawn of the north', and were first used by Galileo in circa 1620 to describe the red northern lights phenomenon.

The aurora borealis is caused through the interaction between solar wind and the earth's magnetic field. At times the lights appear as streams across the night sky from west to east and other times they dance and wave rhythmically as veils of red, yellow, green and blue.

The common name is Northern Lights (northern hemisphere) and the corresponding "Aurora australisis" in the southern hemisphere have a common name of Southern Lights.

Make sure to see all our Northern Lights Photos and Pictures. We also have a great story online about the Aurora borealis.

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Polar Lights Wisps of Delicate Northern Lights shimmer in Alaskan winter skies.	ALCAN Highway	Canadian Arctic Inukshuk An canadian arctic symbol, the Inukshuk
Arctic Pictures The Lights on the James Dalton Highway cannot compare with the muted hues of the Northern Lights	Hudson Bay Northern Lights Churchill Manitoba A spectacular display from the Northern Lights fills the sky over the Hudson Bay near Churchill, Manitoba with the moon illuminating the area.	Malcolm Island Northern Lights
Arctic Phenomenon	Aurora Borealis Photo	Arctic Lights
Aurora Borealis British Columbia Northern Lights on Northern Vancouver Island, British Columbia	Northern Light Photo CRW 2706	Aurora Borealis
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Aurora Borealis Arctic	Sointula A community founded in 1901 by a group of Finns, Sointula which is situated on Malcolm Island in British Columbia, means the place of harmony in the native Finnish language.	Northern Lights Malcolm Island
Aurora Borealis Pictures	Aurora Borealis Vacations	Northern Lights CRW 2727
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Picture Of Northern Lights The Northern lights around Port McNeill in British Columbia, Canada makes this picture worth a thousand words.	Northern Lights	Aurora Borealis CRW 2682
Northern Lights CRW 2719	Northern Lights CRW 2716	Aurora Borealis CRW 2669
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Aurora Borealis Inukshuk Moon Churchill Hudson Bay Manitoba The amazing Northern Lights, also called Aurora borealis, dance across the sky above an inukshuk while the light of a full moon fills the sky above Hudson Bay near the town of Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.