Aurora: Sun’s Shimmering Energy Shocks Earth’s Magnetic Field

Published on Oct 5, 2012 by VideoFromSpace

Painterly auroras occur when charged particles from the sun get caught in our planets magnetic field and pulled down near one of our poles. The variety of colors are the result of different electromagnetic reactions with oxygen and nitrogen.

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