Do the northern lights look like they do in photographs using the naked eye? Or are the photographs the result of time exposure?
2006-07-28 08:32:47 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
My brother lives in Alaska and they do look like that to the naked eye. Also he says that they emit an eerie sound almost like high voltage electrical hum. I looked this up and can't remember where but the sound that you hear is resultant of the magnetic force around the earth. The aurora is basically just microwave rays and such that are emitted from the sun refracted in earth's atmosphere.
2006-07-28 08:55:53 · answer #1 · answered by legalbambino 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The northern lights are From ionized particles from the sun the Beta particles are attracted to the north pole and the alfa particles are attracted to the so0South pole this behaves like a large battery and applies a very large ionizing voltage to the high atmosphere and this is what forms the shield that protects us on earth and the CFC's did not eat the hole in out pol er regions .it is the particle streams.
they are very pretty and protect us too
2006-07-28 16:37:27 · answer #2 · answered by JOHNNIE B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mostly time exposure and with very dark skies (Alaska for example). We get great aurora in upper MI and only rarely are they like photos, but sometimes they are.
2006-07-28 15:37:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They look the same to the naked eye.
2006-07-28 15:38:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope, they pretty much look like that to the naked eye. It's pretty incredible.
2006-07-28 15:35:43 · answer #5 · answered by djbreslin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yup
2006-07-28 15:36:43 · answer #6 · answered by Aka 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes. even better. i live in alaska
2006-07-28 15:35:55 · answer #7 · answered by virgowiccangirl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋