what generates color in the aurora
The aurora borealis and aurora australis â often called the northern. lights and southern lights â are common occurrences at high northern. and southern latitudes, less frequent at mid-latitudes, and seldom seen. near the equator. While usually a milky greenish color, auroras can. also show red, blue, violet, pink, and white. These colors appear in a vari-. ety of continuously changing shapes. Sometimes the aurora is so dim and.