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Auroras - paintings in the sky

Auroras - paintings in the sky

A beautifully illustrated site with detailed but straightforward explanations of the Aurora phenomena with links and teachers' notes

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http://www.exploratorium.edu/learning_studio/auroras/
The Aurora

The Aurora

Site gives information on, and images of, the Aurora Borealis. This includes regular forecasts of auroral activity over Alaska and the northern hemisphere.

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http://dac3.pfrr.alaska.edu:80/~pfrr/AURORA/
MSSL Plasma Physics Group

MSSL Plasma Physics Group

The Vistor Centre on this site has some good information on aurora and the magnetosphere.

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http://www.mssl.ucl.ac.uk/www_plasma/homepage.html
SpaceWeather.com

SpaceWeather.com

This site gives daily information on solar flares, geomagnetic storms, Earth's aurora, and all forms of space weather.

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http://www.spaceweather.com/
The Aurora page

The Aurora page

Good images of the Auora Borealis, summary of the science and links to a tutorial and an in-depth article from Tromso Museum.

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http://www.geo.mtu.edu/weather/aurora/
Aurora's Northern Lights

Aurora's Northern Lights

Presentation of pictures, photographs, articles and links related to the Aurora Borealis, or northern lights.

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http://climate.gi.alaska.edu/Curtis/curtis.html
Aurora

Aurora

When energetic charged particles enter the earth's atmosphere from the solar wind, they tend to be channeled toward the poles by the magnetic force which causes them to spiral around the magnetic ...

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http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/atmos/aurora.html#c1

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