Aurora
Q: What time of year do you see aurora ?
A: There has been aurora as early as August 10th.
Q: What colors do you see ?
A: We see beautiful ribbons across the sky with the colors of purple, blue
red and green.
Q: What causes the northern lights ?
A:The northern lights are caused when the sun gives off
electrically-charged particals from solar flares.
The earth’s magnetic poles act like well a magnet to draw
those particles to the polar regions. When the particles
interact with the atmosphere they give off beautiful colors.
Q: where do you see aurora ?
A: aurora is most common around the arctic circle, but during
particularly strong solar flares, they can be seen as far south
as Arizona.