Aurora Australis ("Southern Lights"), just like the Aurora Borealis ("Northern Lights"), is caused by charged particles from the sun becoming trapped and accelerated in the Earth's magnetic field, which creates the ethereal glow of the auroras.
Photo taken on 1 June 2008 at the South Pole.
Credit: photograph by: Keith Vanderlinde, National Science Foundation / U.S. Antarctic Program [source].
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Photo taken on 1 June 2008 at the South Pole.
Credit: photograph by: Keith Vanderlinde, National Science Foundation / U.S. Antarctic Program [source].
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National Geographic - Solar Storms - new images
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