Why do the Northern Lights occur? A brief explanation of what happens according to me is, that, The Aurora Borealis or the Northern Lights are caused when charged
particles from the Sun collide with atoms and molecules in the Earth’s
atmosphere at altitudes between 100 and 250 kms. Due to the collision, oxygen
and nitrogen emit what is seen by us as auroral light. These lights are mostly
seen in the areas north of the Arctic Circle, and rarely, below the Circle, and
then only sometimes.
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