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Polar Aurora
November 6th, 2009 by Travel
The Polar Aurora is caused by an electro-static condition where charged particles emit light in the magnetosphere of our atmosphere, and occur in the north and south, with the north being called Aurora Borealis, and the south being the Aurora Australis. To make it simple, Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australia, and all auroras are caused by the collision of charged particles which emit light and give it a greenish red glow.
They commonly occur at the poles and are seen in higher northern and southern latitudes. There have been some recorded cases of the Aurora being so bright and exceptionally large that you could read a book with it, and see comfortably in the middle of the night, and during the largest event in 1859 it was discovered that it was an electric event (thanks to the disruption of telegraph lines) and allowed operators to work without power for a sustained two hours.
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