🌈✨ What Is an Aurora and How Does It Happen?

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🌌 What is an Aurora?

An aurora is a beautiful natural light show in the sky.

• Seen mostly near the North and South Poles
• Looks like dancing lights in green, pink, purple, or red

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🌍 Different names

• Aurora Borealis → Northern Lights (near the North Pole)
• Aurora Australis → Southern Lights (near the South Pole)

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☀️ Where do auroras come from?

Auroras start at the Sun 🌞

The Sun sends out:

• Solar wind (tiny charged particles)
• Energy and radiation

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🧲 How Earth helps create auroras

Earth has a magnetic field (like a big invisible shield).

1️⃣ Solar particles reach Earth
2️⃣ Magnetic field guides them toward the poles
3️⃣ Particles hit gases in the atmosphere
4️⃣ Gases glow and make light ✨

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🎨 Why do auroras have different colors?

Different gases glow in different colors:

Gas	Color
Oxygen	Green or red
Nitrogen	Blue or purple

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🧠 Easy way to imagine

The Sun throws tiny energy balls
Earth’s magnetic shield guides them
The sky lights up like magic!

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⭐ Fun facts for kids

• Auroras can be seen from space
• They make soft crackling sounds (sometimes!)
• Strong auroras can be seen farther south or north

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🧠 Easy to remember

Auroras are glowing lights made when Sun energy meets Earth’s air

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