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An **aurora** (plural: aurorae or auroras; from the Latin word aurora, "dawn") is a natural light display in the sky particularly in the high latitude (Arctic and Antarctic) regions, caused by the collision of energetic charged particles with atoms in the high altitude atmosphere (thermosphere). - [|Wikipedia]

Elsewhere on the Web
A Traveler’s Guide to the Aurora Borealis Aurora sky station

Aurora forecasts
Geophysical institute [] http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/aurora-30-minute-forecast

Aurora pictures
[|Timelapse from Abisko National Park, Sweden] []

FYI: The best time to see the Northern Lights is [|between September and mid-April, according to NorthernLightsIceland.com.]

South https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/southern-lights-seen-subantarctic-flight

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