How many of you have observed the Aurora Borealis or Aurora Australis, commonly known as the Northern Lights?

Question

If you have seen it please describe where, what colours, what it looked like and how it made you feel.....

I love the Aurora and have seen it mant times...one of my earliest memories was seeing a spectacular red aurora that spread over the sky forming a birdcage effect overhead and all around...Still every time I see it I am awestruck and it takes my breath away with its beauty.

Answer 1

It is a spectacular sight. The most clear and bright times I have seen it is when I have been in Newfoundland. It appears extremely clear and bright there because of less population and therefore, less man-made light to interfere with the Aurora. I have been blessed to see it in the red, like you described; as well as green and and a blue so deep it almost looks purple. I have also seen it in a blended effect with various colors, moving in waves across the sky. INCREDIBLE!!

Answer 2

sure they do - on the North Pole, it extremely is called aurora borealis, or northern lights furniture, and on the South Pole it extremely is called the aurora australis, or southern lights furniture. NASA and college scientists observing the Earth's northern and southern auroras have been shocked to stumble on they don't seem to be replicate photos of one yet another, as became as quickly as thought - in accordance to scientists, the important reason at the back of the variations in region seems to be what happens between the image voltaic wind and Earth's magnetic field.

Answer 3

I grew up North Dakota. There is very little light pollution there and often during the long winter nights, we'd observe the Northern Lights as we'd drive home from Grandma's house. It was a trippy lazy display of ever-changing curtains in hues of teal, purple, and pink. Cool!

Answer 4

I have seen in the TV. So far I have not visited the polar regions of the earth. This colour display occurs in the sky of polar regions only. This is due to ionic imbalance resulting from the magnetic fields of polar regions. A mixture of colours like green, red, yellow, blue in series are displayed in night sky. It resembles fireworks.

Answer 5

I saw it when I was a kid. My dad lived out in the country (mid/northeast Ohio), and his friends called us one night pretty late... maybe it was in autumn. They told us to come outside because "something was going on in the sky." I remember it was one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen. It was like a can of paint was being spilled across the sky. Pink would spread across, and then it would splash to blue. I can't remember how long it lasted, but it was incredible. I've never seen it since. I'd love to see it again someday.

Answer 6

I saw it on a plane, while flying to anchorage. It was trippy, because I was little and I did not know about the phenomenon. I thoguht it was magic and kept it to myself, thinking I witnessed a miracle or something. Then, I learned about it, and it was kind of a let down. Still pretty cool, nonetheless. It was green.

Answer 7

I saw it when I lived in Fairbanks, AK.

It was a purple-green curtain, and it looked so close I almost thought it was brushing the tops of the birch trees.