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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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