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Aurora Australis Not Borealis

Posted by Hemos on from the the-beauty-of-the-south dept.

jurasource writes "The BBC is running an article about the Aurora Australis, or the southern lights, as opposed to Aurora Borealis, the northen lights. Apparently these pictures are quite rare as hardly anyone lives at the south pole during the winter, and who can blame them !"

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  1. It doesn't really matter. . . by bplipschitz · · Score: 2, Informative

    . . .that no one at the South Pole regularly sees the Aurora. AFAIK, what is seen as Aurora Borealis at the North Pole is mirrored at the South Pole. Therefore, what you see at the North Pole is a mirror image of what could be seen at the South Pole at the very same time.

    Although, after reading this site, it sounds more like it *can* happen, vs it *always* happens.

    www.space.com/scienceastronomy/generalscience/au ro ra_animation_011030.html