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Aurora Borealis

noun as in colored lights in northern skies

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The aurora borealis was also visible in Northern California and as far south as Florida, with especially stunning shows captured in Colorado and Washington.

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But he was not prepared for the aurora borealis—the northern lights.

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In college, I was a paid summer intern for a graduate student, analyzing signals bounced off an aurora borealis to study plasma.

There is a "decent chance" the aurora borealis will be visible across much of the UK on in the coming days, the Met Office has said.

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That's the reason we publish more content explaining the physics of the aurora borealis, or why climate change is leading to bigger hailstones.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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