Friday, 25 May 2012

AURORA :


These are stunning light phenomenon often seen in the northern regions of countries such as Norway, Sweden, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Alaska and Canada.
The Northern lights have often been described as the most amazing natural firework display possible.
it's actually from solar wind which is composed of charged particles such as protons and electrons. solar wind escape the sun's gravity during huge solar flares. once the earth is hit by the solar wind, the electron and proton react to magnet and this time to earth's gravity. south pole attracts proton and north pole attracts electrons. once the electrons reach the troposphere which has oxygen, the O2 absorbs the electron and gives off light, like when an electron hits the television screen, in the form of aurora. observed from the northern region

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