Northern Lights and Its Wonders

Blues and greens,
an ocean in the sky.
Purples and pinks
flutter O'so high.
This is the beautiful Aurora,
that shines in the sky only on a few lucky nights.
She dances and swirls,
beckoning the stars to join in.
Like the Milky way spilled across the night.
These cosmic lights illuminate the Northern atmosphere.
The great Aurora Borealis doesn't come out to play often.
I count myself lucky to have glanced at its beauty.
So every year I go out into the night,
stare up at the stars in the heavens above,
and pray to our creator that I might have a glimpse,
of the great lights once more.

(I know that their are also the Southern lights-the Aurora Pacifica, but I've only seen the norther lights.....which are normally blue and green with hints of other colours.....depending on where you are) 

 A poem made by Angelic Warrior

What can you picture in your mind upon reading the poem? Well me, i imagine this one

      http://jinqiaojs.com/purple-northern-lights-hd-wallpaper-high-resolution-sxr

Do we have the same? Hmmmmm. 

This is what we call Northern Lights. But what is Northern Lights? So now help me discover one of earth's wonders: Northern Lights

First let us define terms. 

WHAT ARE NORTHERN LIGHTS?

• Northern lights is a common name for the Aurora Borealis (Polar Aurorae) in the Northern Hemisphere (www.northernlightscentre.ca/northernlights.html)
• The bright dancing lights of the aurora are actually collisions between electrically charged particles from the sun that enter the earth's atmosphere. The lights are seen above the magnetic poles of the northern and southern hemispheres. They are known as 'Aurora borealis' in the north and 'Aurora australis' in the south.. 

        Auroral displays appear in many colours although pale green and pink are the most common. Shades of             red, yellow, green, blue, and violet have been reported. The lights appear in many forms from patches or             scattered clouds of light to streamers, arcs, rippling curtains or shooting rays that light up the sky with an            eerie glow.

          (http://www.northernlightscentre.ca/northernlights.html)