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Northern Lights

  • Grade:
    Grades 3–5, Grades 6–8
  • Subject:
    Energy, Light

The following questions were answered by meteorologist Al Peterlin.

Q: What are the northern lights?
A: They are upper atmosphere distributions of radiant energy (light) somehow related to magnetic storms from the sun. They are also called "aurora borealis." (Al Peterlin)

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