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The Science Behind the Northern Lights

Discover the science behind the northern lights.

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The Science Behind the Northern Lights

Discover the science behind the northern lights.

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The Northern Lights are one of nature's most breathtaking spectacles. Few things are more striking than watching the polar night sky lit up with colorful waves of light. This phenomenon, known as aurora borealis, is visible between December and March near the Arctic Circle in Alaska, Canada, Iceland, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, and Finland.
But what causes the aurora borealis?

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