Return to Outreach Page Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences Department Michigan Tech Welcome to The Aurora Page Originally created by Michael Dolan Ray traced JPG image of the aurora . Information, links and images about the Northern Lights . enlightened visitors. Have you signed the Registry Informative reading on the aurora. From the Exploratorium comes The Aurora Tutorial Be sure ...

What are auroras What makes them happen What do they look like Where can you see them This illustrated journey answers these questions! The site includes stunning photos and QuickTime movies of the northern lights, realaudio interviews with NASA scientists and more.

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Discover the northern lights phenomena through text, pictures, audio and video. Welcome to the worlds largest site concerning the northern lights.

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Department of Physics & Astronomy The University of Calgary Calgary, Alberta CANADA T2N 1N4 Tel: +1 (403) 220-5385 Fax: +1 (403) 282-5016 Recent Missions: GEODESIC Sounding Rocket successfully launched in February 26, 2000. TSA instrument onboard the Japanese SS520-2 Sounding Rocket successfully launched in December 04, 2000. Current Missions: Portable Auroral Imager; operational since 1989.

ABOUT UVI Science Objective Instrument Description DATA Latest Image Image Description Online Search Data Request KEY PARAMETERS & EVENTS KPGS Description KPGS Faq KPGS Data Online Event Data ISTP Cum. KP Index PAPERS Publications/ Presentations OPERATIONS GGS Home Page Operating Plans DSP Pointing Plans Instrument Configs Instrument Sequences Calendar CONTACTS RELATED SITES Updated March 2002 ...

Let's discover the Aurora Borealis! Click the picture to the right to see a larger view of the Aurora! To begin, pick an Aurora Section below - Aurora Facts Suggested Aurora Reading Aurora Research Milestones Aurora Induction Demonstrators Click here to see this cartoon full size!! Click the printer for a Printer Friendly Version If you're a teacher of K-12 classes I also offer an Aurora Science ...

Auroras 2000. Your guide to the Northern and Southern Lights. News, NASA images, forecasts, and background on the aurora borealis.

Folklore offered fanciful accounts of what caused the Aurora Borealis, the Northern Lights. Science later provided the facts. As this is a good time of year (March) for aurora gazing in Finland click on the true story, illustrated with spectacular video images.

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The Auroral Particles and Imagery Team at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL) has madesignificant advances in quantitatively understanding certain space physics processes, while uncovering some new mysteries. This site contains information regarding the Aurora Borealis, (aka. The Northern Lights), space physics, and the Earth's magnetosphere.

Questionnaire +130 Eyewitness reports (300 kB) Contents Character of the sounds Conditions necessary to hear auroral sounds Most popular theories It's ringing in your ears. Tinnitus. Electromagnetic waves transduced into acoustic. Direct transmission of audible sound. Brush discharge. Literature, WWW references Auroral Sounds They writhed like a brood of angry snakes, hissing and sulphus pale.

Auroral Forecast The Auroral Forecast is no longer useful to those who live in Alaska and Western Canada, since the nights here are now filled with sunlight and song with the return of the sun and the birds. We recognize, however, that the aurora is visible at night across the US and southern Canada during the summer. This occurs when the planetary magnetic disturbance index, Kp, is higher than ...

Aurora Australis Photos Page 2000 August 12 09:00 UT Fairlie, NZ red and green rayed veil 2000 August 12 08:00 UT Kaituna, Masterton, NZ pink rayed veil 2000 June 8 13:30 UT West Melton, Canterbury, NZ red band above yellow veil 2000 February 12 22:05 UT Kaituna, Masterton, NZ red rayed veil 2001 March 31 UT Various pictures and links from throughout New Zealand. Astronomical Society of ...