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The Northern L ights. B y: J enna Weeks. What causes the northern lights?. Picture taken from the guradian.com . - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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By: Jenna WeeksTHE NORTHERN LIGHTS
The northern lights are the
result of collisions between gassiness
particles In the earths
atmosphere with charged particles released from the suns atmosphere. Variations in color
are due to the type of particles
that are colliding.
Picture taken from the guradian.com
WHAT CAUSES THE NORTHERN LIGHTS?
The northern lights comes from some Latin words. aurora is he name of the roman goddess of dawn,
later it became the word for dawn it’s self. Borealis is a Latin word for the north. So when you see the northern lights its as if were seeing
the dawn in the north staring in the night sky.
Picture taken from blogspot.com
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HOW DID THE LIGHTS GET IT’S NAME?
People had many different beliefs about what the
northern lights were. The lutes told tales of dead souls playing walrus skull soccer in
the sky. According to a Chinese myth, the lights were fighting dragons.
Russians believed them to be a sign of child birth, while
the Greeks believed them to be a sign of war. Picture taken from
expeditionsalask.com
WHAT DO YOU THINK THE NORTHERN LIGHTS ARE?
In space you can see and fly into the northern
lights.
CAN YOU SEE THE NORTHERN LIGHTS FROM SPACE?
the northern lights are in the list of natural wonders of the world. including the
grand canon, the great barrier reef, the Harbored Rio de Jairo, Mt.Everest, northern lights, Rarictin
volcano, and Victorai falls.
Pic taken from mnn.com
NATURAL WONDERS OF THE WORLD