Northern Lights or Aurora Borealis
What are the northern lights?
The northern lights, or
aurora borealis, are a spectacular, colourful display
of light commonly seen in the night sky in the northern hemisphere.
Auroras in the southern hemisphere are known as the
southern lights, or aurora australis.
Both the northern lights and the southern lights are
polar lights, or aurora polaris, because they occur
near Earth's magnetic poles.
