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aurora

[uh-rawr-uh, uh-rohr-uh] / əˈrɔr ə, əˈroʊr ə /
NOUN
atmopheric phenomenon
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A portion of those particles are channeled to Earth’s magnetic poles, and when the solar wind is particularly active, they become visible as the aurora borealis and aurora australis.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

Energy deposited by the aurora heats specific regions of the atmosphere.

From Science Daily ● May 29, 2026

Red aurora tends to appear during particularly powerful geomagnetic storms, when the solar wind is strong enough to push particles to extreme heights.

From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026

A red aurora is rarer and harder to catch than green, but spectacular when it appears.

From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026

It was his aurora: it was telling him that he was still part of the great order of things, and that that could never change.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman




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