I would like to mention first of all that I have taken some interest in Space. I have a large book on the weather that has some things to do with space, which includes the sun and the Aurora Borealis. I had a tough time comprehending why they would put the Aurora Borealis in a book about the weather. But then it clicked when I read up on it.
The sun is often considered the "Solar Powerhouse," according to the book Weather, a visual guide. The sun is the major source for all living things on Earth. Not only does it heat the planet, but it also provides light energy for organisms to grow and develop. This ball of gas takes up 99.9 percent of the Solar Systems mass; provided by the book. So when I turned the pages to find the two pages just on the Aurora Borealis, I just had to do some reading. It's beauty alone is worth seeing if you live in higher elevations!
The sun is always active and always will be active for as long as it lives. Disturbances and mini eruptions will eject ionized particles into space. It takes quite some time to reach Earth. Now, we also know that Earth is known for it's poles known as the North pole and the South pole. There are two different names for this beautiful phenomena. For the Northern lights, it's called Aurora Borealis. For the Southern lights, it's called Aurora Australis. The ionized particles as soon as they reach the Earth's magnetic feild, are drawn to these poles. They would then create massive magnetic storms. In order for the light to be emitted, the particles need to hit other molecules and atoms in the Ionosphere causing them to vibrate and returning to their original state. This amazing phenomena occurs in the Northern and Southern hemishpere and they have been known to happen frequently.
I'm going to link everyone to Spaceweather.com where you can keep track of the solar powerhouse and get prepared if a magnetic storm were to happen. Many of you are probably wondering where and why I would get such a book like this. Well, I've been a weather enthusiast for as long as I can remember. When I saw this book in the bookstore a couple of months ago, I had to pick it up. While in the car, I was flipping through the pages looking at various atmospheric phenomena such as the clouds, precipitation types, monster storms like tornadoes and hurricanes, Meteorlogical weather symbols, ect. I happened to flip to the page where I saw the Aurora Borealis and my jaw literally dropped. Earlier this summer folks have seen this beauty right in the U.S! Ever since I have been interested in multiple different sciences, Meteorology and Astronomy being among those.
Courtesy goes to the authors who wrote Weather, a visual guide.
Here is a link to the website where you can keep track of the solar system.
http://spaceweather.com/
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