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The auroras that paint the night skies above our planet’s extreme northern and extreme southern regions are among the most magnificent sights in all of nature.
I’ve featured several videos of the Northern Lights (aka aurora borealis) on this site but today’s timelapse video features the Southern Lights (aurora australis) as witnessed from Banks Peninsula, New Zealand. [Read more…]
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I’m sure you’ve probably seen awesome images of colorful auroras dancing in the air above our planet’s North and South Poles.
The northern auroras are called Aurora Borealis (aka Northern Lights).
The ones over the South Pole are called Aurora Australis (aka Southern Lights).
We earthlings have been marveling at the beauty of our planet’s dancing auroras for millennia, but did you know that some of the other planets in our solar system have them as well?
We humans are blessed to live on an incredibly beautiful planet, and few sights in nature can compare with the night sky over the Earth’s north and south poles.
The short time-lapse video below featuring the night sky over the South Pole really drives home just how beautiful the frigid nights at the poles can be.
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Those of us who live in the Northern Hemisphere are quite aware of the awesome aurora borealis, the amazing “Northern Lights” that paint the night skies of our planet’s far northern regions.
But truth be told, the night-time shows displayed in the skies above our far southern neighbors are just as spectacular. [Read more…]