TangoAlphaNiner: True, but the reason, why it appears only near magnetic poles is that these particles are driven by Earth's magnetic field to the poles

@aislecheeks its solar wind (electromagnetic particles) induced....the sun atmosphere wouldn't travel all the way from the sun to earth this seems to be very beautiful though,,,,,I envy Sarah Palin for seeing this from alaska

Oh ok tnx for the info

Charged ions from the sun interact with free atoms in the atmosphere. This releases energy in the form of light.

How those aurora lights are naturally formed? i like those lights

This is so great! Its amazing!

I've seen the sky covered in northern lights, no kidding.

So beautiful...

It's the sun's atmosphere breaking through the surface sumin like that lol

thats amazing

Amazed! O.O

How does it work?

love it!!!

Anything from a minute to all day

do you know how long it takes?

there is something breath taking there ...

wow they are really beautiful i hope i can see them in person but mostly because my real name is aurora

why would you want to explain this?

wow am spaech less sooooooooooooo nice

This is amazingly beautiful , took the name after a roman goddess.. I want to name my daughter Aurora =)

It's beautiful

I wanna see that thing personally, it looks really amazing and fantastic : )

-"waned" XD

Johnny ...this is one of my life goals to achieve. Ever since I learned about them I always waned to see an Aurora in person. This is also another plan I had for when I found someone who is just like me so we can love it together~There's nothing like appreciating things with someone else who loves it as much as you do : )

That was very beautiful. :)