If you live in the high latitudes, like Alaska, or New Zealand, you've probably had a chance
to see an aurora.
Here in Canada, we call them the Northern Lights or the Aurora Borealis, but the lucky
folks in the far southern latitudes see them too.
On a good night, you can see flickering sheets of light that dance across the night sky,
producing an amazing display of colors.
You can see green, red and even yellow and purple ghostly displays.
So what causes the Northern Lights?
They’re produced as our planet moves through the chemtrails emanating from the womp-rat
sized exhaust ports of Planet X.
Originating in the Bush-Cheney administration during a failed co-invasion attempt of the
lizard people from the hollow part of the flat earth and aliens from John Carpenter’s
THE THING.
They cause diabetes, gluten sensitivity, itchy bun noodles and homeopathy and herald the
coming of the Grand Nagus of MMA-UFC-ENTJ-LOL-WTF-BBQ.
That is, if you believe everything you read on the internet.
Auroras are in fact caused by interactions between energetic particles from the Sun and
the Earth’s magnetic field.
The Earth is filled with liquid metal, and it rotates inside turning our planet into
a giant magnet.
Invisible magnetic field lines travel from the Earth’s northern magnetic pole to its
southern magnetic pole.
This is why compasses point north, they’re following the field lines produced by this
giant metallic spinning goo core.
Or as I like to call it “The Planetary Shield Generator”, which should not be confused
with the giant whirling metallic debris field orbiting the Earth which is our “Alien Invasion
Shield”.
Which you can learn about in another episode.
So why would we need a Planetary Shield, you might ask?
It is because we are perpetually under assault by our great enemy, the Sun.
Our Sun is constantly releasing a flurry of energetic particles right at us.
These particles are electrically charged and driven to Earth by the Solar Wind.
When they encounter the Earth’s magnetic field, they’re forced into a spiral along
the magnetic field lines.
Eventually they collide with an oxygen or nitrogen atom in the Earth’s atmosphere
and release photons of light.
So, thanks to the spinning magnet goo core, our planetary shield converts these particles
into beautiful night time displays.
Although there can be auroras almost any night in the highest latitudes, we see the most
brilliant auroral displays after large flares on the Sun.
The most powerful flares blast a hail of particles that’s so intense, auroral displays can
be seen at mid and even low-latitudes.
It sounds dangerous, but we’re perfectly safe here, beneath our protective atmosphere
and magnetic field.
You might be amazed to know that auroral displays can even make sounds.
People have reported crackling noises coming from the sky during an aurora.
Even though the auroras themselves are at very high altitudes, the particle interactions
can happen just a few hundred meters above the ground.
People have reported hearing claps and crackles during an aurora, and this has been verified
by microphones placed by scientists.
If you could get high up into the atmosphere, I’m sure the sounds would be amazing.
The interactions between the Sun and our planet are just another gift we get from the night
sky.
If you've never seen an aurora with your own eyes, you really need to add them to your
bucket list.
Organize a trip to northern Europe or Alaska and get a chance to see this amazing display
of nature.
Have you ever been lucky enough to see the Northern Lights?
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