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Very impactful eruptions have been known to knock out communication systems and power grids, as well as create displays of the northern and southern lights.
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Kasha Patel, Washington Post, 25 June 2024
The southern hemisphere has its own polar lights known as the southern lights, or aurora australis, which create their own dazzling display.
—Ahjané Forbes, USA TODAY, 1 June 2024
But these auroras appear much different from the northern lights, or aurora borealis, and southern lights, or aurora australis, that occur on Earth.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 14 June 2024
The aurora borealis has a counterpart, the aurora australis, or southern lights, which is the same phenomenon in the southern hemisphere.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 12 May 2024
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Kasha Patel, Washington Post, 25 June 2024
The southern hemisphere has its own polar lights known as the southern lights, or aurora australis, which create their own dazzling display.
—Ahjané Forbes, USA TODAY, 1 June 2024
But these auroras appear much different from the northern lights, or aurora borealis, and southern lights, or aurora australis, that occur on Earth.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 14 June 2024
The aurora borealis has a counterpart, the aurora australis, or southern lights, which is the same phenomenon in the southern hemisphere.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 12 May 2024
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“Southern lights.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/southern%20lights. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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