Yellowknife, Northwest Territories - Best Place To See Northern Lights
Northern Lights or Aurora Borealis are natural light displays in the sky, usually observed at night, particularly in the North polar region. In the South polar region these are called Aurora Australis or the Southern Polar Lights.
Without going into technical details, the Aurorae are caused by electromagnetic energy particles which are drawn to the earth's poles, literally charging the atmosphere and causing it to glow. The intensity and frequency of Aurora Borealis is greatest in the proximity to the North Magnetic Pole and reportedly Yellowknife, Capital of the Northwest Territories of Canada is the best place to see these lights.
Without going into technical details, the Aurorae are caused by electromagnetic energy particles which are drawn to the earth's poles, literally charging the atmosphere and causing it to glow. The intensity and frequency of Aurora Borealis is greatest in the proximity to the North Magnetic Pole and reportedly Yellowknife, Capital of the Northwest Territories of Canada is the best place to see these lights.
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More info about Aurora: Wikipedia and Geophysical Institute of Alaska
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More info about Aurora: Wikipedia and Geophysical Institute of Alaska
3 comments:
Very nice. Keep up the good job. matt
we are not in the yukon! Northwest Territories.
Thank you for pointing out the mistake in the title. I have corrected it now.
There was no mistake in the main textual content.
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