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Northern lights

noun as in colored lights in northern skies

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That way, we can both enjoy the beautiful northern lights – and rest easy knowing the lights will still be on when we go back inside.

From Salon

The couple named their child Aurora for their love of the aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights.

From Salon

It’s hard not to consider humankind’s own future in this region-unspecified, newly aquatic land where mountaintops are islands, northern lights dazzle and finger-like towers that seem man-made dot the background.

Joanne said she had captured other phenomena in the night skies this year including a rocket launch, the northern lights and the milky way.

From BBC

A severe geomagnetic storm could disrupt communications and bring northern lights to parts of California, according to a warning from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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

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