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southern lights

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southern lights: see aurora borealis aurora borealis (bôr'ēăl`ĭs) and aurora australis
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southern lights [′səthยทərn ′līts]
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Unlike the colorful northern and southern lights, proton auroras shine only in ultraviolet light.
In the Southern Hemisphere, they're called aurora australis, or southern lights.
Those backgrounds include the upper atmosphere, the stars and the celestial phenomena known as auroras, or Northern and Southern lights.
 
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