Have you ever witnessed nature's light show dancing across the night sky?This colourful display is known as ‘The Southern Lights’. What causes this spectacular illumination, Aurora Australis?
The Southern Lights starts off with a solar flare millions of miles away from Earth. A solar flare is when the sun ejects a cloud of electrons, ions and atoms into space. The electrons, ions and atoms then travel towards Earth.
Earth has a magnetic field, this magnetic field acts like an invisible shield. When the particles from the solar flare hit Earth’s magnetic field they follow the path of the magnetic field to the North and South Poles. They then accelerate and collide with with other particles and release energy in the form of light.
The spectacular light show Aurora Australis doesn’t only happen in the south it happens in the north where it’s called Aurora Borealis.
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