The Northern Lights Storms Are Getting Names—and You Can Offer Up Your Suggestions
While all northern lights are spectacular , they ’re not all dramatic in the same mode . Aurora borealis , or “ northern dawn , ” take place when electron in the magnetic subject area skirt Earth transfer energy to O and N molecule in the air . The molecules then breathe the excess energy as light particles , which create scintillating displays whose colors and form look on many known and strange factor [ PDF]—type of molecule , amount of energy transferred , location in the magnetosphere , etc ....