The bright dancing lights that appear in the sky are called the Aurora Borealis . These lights are made of from collisions of electricity charged particles from the sun entering at earths atmosphere . The lights are seen above the magnetic poles of the northern and southern hemisphere. Auroral displays appear in many colors although pale green and pink, shades of red, yellow, green, blue, and violet have been seen and reported . Some of the lights appear in many different forms of patches or scattered clouds of light to streamers, arcs, rippling curtains, and shooting rays that light up the sky with an mysterious glow.

What causes The Northern Lights ? Northern Lights can be seen in the northern or southern hemisphere, in an irregularly shaped oval centred over each magnetic pole. The lights are known as 'Aurora borealis' in the north and 'Aurora australis' in the south. Scientists have learned that in most instances northern and southern auroras are mirror-like images that occur at the same time, with similar shapes and colors. …show more content…
However the best places to watch the lights (in North America) are in the northwestern parts of Canada, particularly the Yukon, Nunavut, Northwest Territories and Alaska. Auroral displays can also be seen over the southern tip of Greenland and Iceland, the northern coast of Norway and over the coastal waters north of Siberia. Southern auroras are not often seen as they are concentrated in a ring around Antarctica and the southern Indian