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This photograph of the southern lights, or aurora australis, was taken by astronauts aboard the International Space Station as the orbital lab was some 266 miles (428 km) above and due south of Australia's island state of Tasmania.
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Space.com Staff, Space.com, 1 Jan. 2025
This creates the stunning displays known as the northern lights, or aurora borealis, in the Northern Hemisphere, and the southern lights, or aurora australis, in the Southern Hemisphere.
—Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 1 Jan. 2025
The northern and southern lights can be triggered by geomagnetic storms, which are disruptions to the Earth's magnetic field caused by coronal mass ejections of solar plasma from the sun.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
This creates the stunning displays known as the northern lights, or Aurora Borealis, in the Northern Hemisphere, and the southern lights, or Aurora Australis, in the Southern Hemisphere.
—Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 24 Dec. 2024
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Space.com Staff, Space.com, 1 Jan. 2025
This creates the stunning displays known as the northern lights, or aurora borealis, in the Northern Hemisphere, and the southern lights, or aurora australis, in the Southern Hemisphere.
—Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 1 Jan. 2025
The northern and southern lights can be triggered by geomagnetic storms, which are disruptions to the Earth's magnetic field caused by coronal mass ejections of solar plasma from the sun.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
This creates the stunning displays known as the northern lights, or Aurora Borealis, in the Northern Hemisphere, and the southern lights, or Aurora Australis, in the Southern Hemisphere.
—Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 24 Dec. 2024
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“Southern lights.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/southern%20lights. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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