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northern and southern lights and are they related ... Solar flares, coronal mass 
ejections, high-speed solar wind, and solar ... This is part one of a two-part series. 
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author refers to the enhanced auroras resulting from solar flares mostly to. A. 
provide... [DOC] [TLE] What causes the northern lights? | Earth | EarthSky [PAR] Jan 8, 2016 ... They are an ethereal display of colored lights shimmering across ... or aurora 
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solar wind'. ... These collisions emit light that we perceive as the dancing lights of 
the north... [DOC] [TLE] Aurora - Wikipedia [PAR] An aurora, sometimes referred to as a polar light, is a natural light display in the 
sky, ... In northern latitudes, the effect is known as the aurora borealis (or the 
northern ... Its southern counterpart, the aurora australis (or the southern lights), 
has ..... Auroras result from emissions of photons in the Earth's upper atmosphere
,... [DOC] [TLE] Northern and Southern Lights - Timeanddate.com [PAR] Aurora borealis or northern lights and aurora australis or southern lights are 
natural electric ... Solar wind is part of space weather. ... the solar wind, 
sometimes, when the conditions are right, these particles enter the Earth's 
atmosphere at the... [DOC] [TLE] SolarHam.com - Help Center [PAR] These charged particles are typically energized to levels between 1 thousand 
and 15 ... CME events, along with solar flares, can disrupt radio transmissions, 
cause power outages ... This effect causes variations in the magnetic field which 
surrounds the Earth. The result are visible aurora (Northern and Southern lights). [DOC] [TLE] Solar Flares May Affect GPS Systems This Week, Researcher Says ... [PAR] May 16, 2013 ... Solar Flares May Interrupt GPS Navigation, Researcher Says ... Heelis: The 
recent increase in solar activity is part of a natural 11-year cycle. ... Some 
possible effects of a large X-class flare directed at Earth include: changes in the 
... poles and produces more intense aurora, or Northern and Southern Lights. [DOC] [TLE] Science Briefs - Space Weather Center [PAR] Thus, human understanding of solar-terrestrial relationships, though having a ... 
Parts of the Sun's surface and atmosphere are constantly being blown into ... the 
horizon, he realized what it was  the aurora borealis, or Northern Lights. ... the 
solar wind buffeted Earth's magnetosphere resulting in large "magnetic storms. [DOC] [TLE] aurora - National Geographic Society [PAR] May 14, 2011 ... northern lights (aurora borealis), southern lights (aurora australis) ... As solar 
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Question: The Earth's northern & southern lights result in part from the effects of these solar prominences
Answer: Solar flares