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Fact #70

Overview:
In today’s fact we learn about The Northern Lights! Mr. Toes teaches us about what causes the northern lights to exist.

The Fact a Day:
The Northern lights are created when solar wind gets past the magnetic field of the Earth and mixes into the atmosphere. When the solar winds hit the Earth’s atmosphere, they release energy causing the shimmering Northern Lights we see in the sky.

Fact References:

  1. https://theconversation.com/
  2. https://earthsky.org/
  3. https://www.northernlightscentre.ca/
  4. https://www.hurtigruten.com/ 
  5. https://www.space.com/