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The Beutiful of Aurora

The phenomenon of the aurora makes everyone who sees it amazed by the
beauty of the sky, especially at night. Unfortunately, this phenomenon can only be
observed in the sky around the North and South Poles. Aurora Borealis or Northern
Lights is the name for the aurora that occurs around the North Pole. While Aurora
Australis or aurora is the name of the aurora phenomenon around Antarctica. The
phenomenon of the aurora occurs because the sun sends a lot of other energy and small
particles to the earth, in different amounts. Humans can be protected from most of this
energy and particles because there is a protective magnetic field around the Earth. The
aurora phenomenon is not dangerous for people who see it from the ground, because
the aurora occurs in the earth's atmosphere. So it does not have a direct impact on
human life. While Aurora's presence will not have an immediate negative impact,
infrastructure and technology could be negatively affected. Because Aurora has a
charge of electric particles that can reach the earth.

Sometimes the sun sends energy and tiny particles to Earth and emits bubbles
of electrified gas that can move through space at high speeds. These gas bubbles are
usually released during the coronal mass ejection phase when solar storms form. In
solar storms, some of the energy and small particles move into the Earth's atmosphere
through the magnetic field lines of the north pole and south pole. During this time, solar
particles interact with gases in the Earth's atmosphere. Thus creating a very beautiful
light in the sky. Particle interaction with oxygen can emit green and red light. At the
same time, interaction with nitrogen gas can produce blue and purple light. In extreme
conditions, Aurora's electrical particles can affect power lines, oil and gas pipelines,
computer networks and iCloud systems. Auroras combined with strong magnetic
storms can disrupt human communication networks and destroy power grids. When the
northern lights appear, Earth's atmosphere expands slightly. So if a satellite or
spacecraft flies low, it can slow it down and cause it to fall back down to earth. Another
danger that Aurora presents is eye damage by looking directly at it. Auroras are bright
and fade very quickly, so looking at them in person can be irritating to the eye. Aurora
does have extraordinary beauty, but the hidden impact it has on life