Northern lights
By: David Whitfield
Series: Sky science; Sky science
Publisher: AV℗ø by Weigl
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 24
ISBN-13: 9781619130982; 9781619135451
Subjects: Auroras; Science; Juvenile literature; Northern lights
Description: Did you know that the northern lights can be seen from space? There are also southern lights, which are hardly ever seen by people. The northern and southern lights are phenomena called auroras. Learn these and other fascinating facts about Earth's auroras in Northern Lights, a Sky Science book.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Studying northern lights; title: How northern lights form; title: Auroras and the sun; title: Magnetic fields; title: Observing the sun and auroras; title: Gases in the atmosphere; title: Viewing auroras; title: Predicting auroras; title: What is a physicist?; title: Eight facts about the northern lights; title: Northern lights brain teasers; title: Science in action.