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I recently received this picture in my inbox from Solar Scientist Jim Stryder with the note - “Spooky Aurora”. I just had to ask the question, “What’s a spooky Aurora?” Here’s Jim’s response…
- The “spooky” Aurora’s, or (northern lights), are actually caused by the Sun. A solar storm, in this case, solar wind, is blasted into space, consists of billions of tiny charged particles. When these charged particles hit the Earth’s magnetosphere, you’ve got Auroras. Amazing! The green or red color is from oxygen and nitrogen glowing in the atmosphere. Sometimes you can also have “purple” colored Auroras. Aurora’s are called Aurora Borealis (northern hemisphere), and they also occur over the (southern hemisphere), and are called “Aurora Australis”. Happy Halloween!
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March 30th, 2005 at 4:37 pm
hi my name is micole and I am looking for an experiment for the aurora borealis if there is any posible way that I could get that that would be great thanks
nicole
December 7th, 2005 at 5:02 pm
Hi,
I am also looking for an experiament on the aurora borealis.
Emmanne
January 12th, 2006 at 6:38 pm
Hay,
my name is Megan and I need a science project experiment for my topic, which is in fact, the aurora borealis. Can you help me? If you can, that’d be great! Thanx!
Megan
January 13th, 2006 at 11:30 am
Megan — I’d contact Jim Stryder at rjusa@acsol.net and run the idea past him. He’s own “space” expert.
May 22nd, 2006 at 10:47 am
hi my name is hans and i was wondering what eskimos thought the northern lights were
May 23rd, 2006 at 10:26 am
I’m here to awnser Han’s question. The truth is eskimos thought that it was normal for it to happen. They thought that their gods were rewarding them for such a hard days work.
May 25th, 2006 at 9:11 am
This is hans again and i would like to thank robert. I think i passed my project and i think i would like to do some more research. Can you tell me some books or internet sites that i could do some more research at?
May 25th, 2006 at 9:20 am
I protest the comment by Robert. The eskimos were actually not religious at all. The only theory about their gods was that they worshipped the whales they hunted and killed. So in fact the Aurora had a much more symbolic meaning to the Eskimo’s. In reality they used the aurora to find out when it was time to go home as it appears late at night. That is why eskimo wives always wanted a clock seeing as they sometimes had full day and night.
If any one wants to research this topic further i suggest that they go to their local Barnes & Nobles and pick up the book called Meatspin the Art of Whale Hunting by Proffesor Jonas Warming or visit my website at meatspin.com
October 18th, 2006 at 9:45 am
WOW! thats a great phenomenon really! i found more info here http://www.wayfaring.info/2006/10/16/colours-of-aurora-in-antarctica/