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    The Northern Lights, or Aurora Borealis, are a natural light display in the sky caused by collisions between charged particles from the sun and gases in the Earth's upper atmosphere. They are visible as colorful, shimmering lights, usually in shades of green and pink but sometimes red, blue, or purple, in northern regions like Scandinavia, Canada, and Alaska. In Nordic mythology, the Northern Lights were seen as representations of powerful forces of nature and deities.

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    The Northern Lights, or Aurora Borealis, are a natural light display in the sky caused by collisions between charged particles from the sun and gases in the Earth's upper atmosphere. They are visible as colorful, shimmering lights, usually in shades of green and pink but sometimes red, blue, or purple, in northern regions like Scandinavia, Canada, and Alaska. In Nordic mythology, the Northern Lights were seen as representations of powerful forces of nature and deities.

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    The Northern Lights, or Aurora Borealis, are a natural light display in the sky caused by collisions between charged particles from the sun and gases in the Earth's upper atmosphere. They are visible as colorful, shimmering lights, usually in shades of green and pink but sometimes red, blue, or purple, in northern regions like Scandinavia, Canada, and Alaska. In Nordic mythology, the Northern Lights were seen as representations of powerful forces of nature and deities.

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    By: Abdul Ahad, Essa Taqi, Mutaal Khan, Nabia Nadeem, Sadeeqa Klair

    Aurora Borealis

    Aurora borealis, also known as the Northern Lights, attract tourists to the northern parts of Sweden, Finland,
    Norway, Russia, Canada, Alaska, and also Southern Greenland. Aurora Borealis is a phenomenon that is created
    when charged particles collide with one another from the Earth’s upper atmosphere and the sun’s solar wind. From
    these collisions, extra energy is released in the form of light, displaying vibrant colorful lights which are usually
    green and pink, but can also emerge as shades of red, blue, and purple. The color of these lights vary upon the
    altitude of the auroral particles and the type of atmospheric gas particles interact with.

    In Nordic mythology, the Northern lights played a significant role by representing the powerful forces of nature.
    The phenomenon was seen as a mystical display of lights in the sky, and was often associated with mythological
    creatures and powerful deities.

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    https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/aurora-30-minute-forecas

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    Space, 13 Mar. 2022, https://www.space.com/15139-northern-lights-auroras-earth-facts-sdcmp.html .

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    https://capturetheatlas.com/best-time-to-see-northern-lights/.

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