Northern lights

Example Sentences

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It will also be the first mission to continuously record the northern lights, which are caused by solar winds, for 45 hours at a time.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

The 20-strong crew’s only outside company were pods of dolphins and killer whales, stray icebergs and the northern lights dancing across the night sky.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025

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 • Apr. 16, 2025

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.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2024

The light cast an eerie glow up onto the windows of the terrarium that reminded me of pictures of the northern lights.

From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green