aurora
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7.4
- noun
- /əˈrɔrə/
- Specialized
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aurora
- Weaker solar wind also means fewer geomagnetic storms and auroras on Earth.
- aurora borealis
- aurora australis
- see auroras
Just over the past week there was a, a geomagnetic storm that showed up as the Aurora.
- Just over the past week there was a, a geomagnetic storm that showed up as the Aurora.
- I would love to go to, I don't know, like Iceland to look at the Aurora borealis or go to New Zealand and nerd out in The Hobbit town.
- There's this thing that happens in the sky and people that see it, kind of like Aurora borealis, and people that see it kind of just go crazy.
- What's actually going on in these broadband Aurora?
Examples
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I saw the aurora borealis.
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There, in the north, just over the house, was the aurora borealis.
Fiction book (1999) -
Everyone should see the aurora at least once before they die.
Blog text (14) -
If the moon is full or nearly full, light pollution from it will interfere with the aurora display.
Academic text (2010) -
C.B.: We were lucky enough to see the auroras during a time when they were extremely bright.
Blog text (26) -
The charged particles trigger lovely auroras near the magnetic poles.
Academic text (2006) -
It's striking to see Alek Parker standing under an aurora in Iceland.
Blog text (26) -
All that night, the aurora flamed and shimmered lurid colors across the sky to the north.
Fiction book (1997) -
Light danced phantasmically as the aurora borealis flashed across old faces, wattled necks, and scraggly limbs.
Fiction book (1996) -
The aurora illuminated the night sky with brilliant colors, captivating everyone who witnessed it.
Synonyms
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3.6
Bright colourful lights that appear in the night sky near the North Pole
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7.6
A natural show of bright, colorful lights in the night sky in northern regions
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8.1
A natural light show in the southern sky near the South Pole
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5.1
Bright natural lights in the sky near the South Pole
Compounds
- Specialized
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7.6
A natural show of bright, colorful lights in the night sky in northern regions
How Bright
Surface Forms
Etymology
Aurora comes from the Latin name Aurora, which means 'dawn' and names the Roman goddess who brings morning light. People called the northern lights aurora borealis, meaning 'northern dawn', because the bright colors in the night sky look like a dawn, and that is why aurora is used for the natural light display.