Thursday, December 14, 2006

Before I Die - Northern Lights

There are things in life you wish to see. A fact you cant runaway from. Me, m a guy like to see nature at its best instead of man made thingy... I have been blessed being able to travel and if there something I am dying to see it would be the Northerns Lights

Trust me its fucking worth watching it. Wat is it? After the pic got explantion lol


Nature's own fireworks

Should you be outdoors one evening during winter, take a minute and glance up at the skies. If you're lucky you might catch a glimpse of some flickering curtains of lights, apparently dancing across the dark sky. You are watching the northern lights, a celestial phenomenon that has amazed people for centuries.

A well-known author after watching a beautiful aurora in its fullest splendour, concluded, "No pencil can draw it, no colours can paint it and no words can describe it in all its magnificence."

The name

The northern lights have had a number of names through history. The scientific name for the phenomena is Aurora Borealis, which is Latin and translates into the red dawn of the north. It was the Italian scientist Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) who first used the expression. On the latitude where Galileo was living, northern lights consist of mainly red colour.

In this web site we will use the terms northern lights, aurora, aurora borealis and polar lights to describe it.

Aurora Borealis - Northern Lights - Nordlys(Norwegian)
Aurora Australis - Southern Lights - Sørlys(Norwegian)
Aurora Polaris - Polar lights - Polarlys(Norwegian) (both northern and southern lights)

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

how about the meteor showers...

darthvadai said...

helllo sparks

like the saying flavoour of the month we no no me from time to time change our flavour....could be the glasier in NZ or Ayers Rock..

Its more of a personal fulfillment then a check list

thanks though