aurora borealis
the aurora of the Northern Hemisphere.
Origin of aurora borealis
1- Also called northern lights, aurora polaris.
Words Nearby aurora borealis
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How to use aurora borealis in a sentence
The aurora borealis also shimmers above Greenland, Iceland and Norway.
Explainer: How auroras light up the sky | Maria Temming | October 8, 2021 | Science News For StudentsCatch the aurora borealis from your private deck at one of these quaint dry cabins just outside of Fairbanks before catching a bush plane out to Kobuk Valley, the country’s least visited national park.
Originally from Sao Paulo, Brazil, Redman had never even heard of the aurora borealis before moving to the small Alaskan town in the spring of 2001.
The aurora borealis skipped this Alaska photography class. But some swinging light cords saved the night. | Bailey Berg | February 26, 2021 | Washington PostHowever, I can count the number of times I’ve borne witness to the northern lights, more properly known as the aurora borealis, on one hand.
The aurora borealis skipped this Alaska photography class. But some swinging light cords saved the night. | Bailey Berg | February 26, 2021 | Washington Post“We’re not going to see the aurora borealis tonight,” Redman says matter-of-factly.
The aurora borealis skipped this Alaska photography class. But some swinging light cords saved the night. | Bailey Berg | February 26, 2021 | Washington Post
Expect aurora borealis in the long foray but no cascade of light.
How Seamus Heaney Influenced Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey | Natasha Trethewey | September 3, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTTrying to fathom the abyss below them, he saw the flames of the aurora borealis reflected in the water of an immense lake.
Urania | Camille FlammarionThe aurora borealis is a body of dancing spirits, or rather ghosts of the departed.
The Indian in his Wigwam | Henry R. SchoolcraftI have it: it's the aurora borealis; nothing worse, nor more dangerous.
Left on Labrador | Charles Asbury StephensThe aurora borealis appears frequently in form of an arch, chiefly in the spring and autumn, after a dry year.
The Book of Curiosities | I. PlattsThe stars, too, and the aurora borealis, helped to make up for the total absence of the sun.
Fast in the Ice | R.M. Ballantyne
British Dictionary definitions for aurora borealis
/ (ˌbɔːrɪˈeɪlɪs) /
(sometimes capital) the aurora seen around the North Pole: Also called: northern lights
Origin of aurora borealis
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Cultural definitions for aurora borealis
[ (uh-rawr-uh bawr-ee-al-is) ]
A display of colored lights in the sky, also called northern lights, caused by the interaction of particles from the sun with the upper atmosphere near the North Pole. A similar display, called the aurora australis, occurs in the atmosphere above the South Pole.
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