Auroras

Auroras is the natural display of lights in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. These are usually seen at night and some scientists call them 'polar auroras'.

These lights are can be seen in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. It gives off a an illuminating glow over the horizon. Mostly you can see a glowing green but sometimes you can see a radiating red.

In the Southern Hemisphere the lights are called the aurora australis. These are visible in Antarctica, South America and Australasia. Australis is the Latin word for 'of the South'.

In the Northern Hemisphere the lights are called aurora borealis. These can be seen in the arctic islands of northern Canada. The name comes from the Roman goddess of dawn named Aurora, and the Greek name for the north wind, Boreas. These lights occur most often during September to October and from March to April.