Northern lights

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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

One of the Arctic’s great tourist attractions is, for military planners, one of its great irritants: the northern lights.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 27, 2025

There are similar stories of people seeing the northern lights, of going to the desert and seeing the arm of the Milky Way outstretched overhead, and being overcome with emotion.

From Slate • Feb. 7, 2025

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

From Salon • Jan. 2, 2025

The arctic region with the beautiful northern lights.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers