How Does Aurora Work?

Jeffrey Z Wu

Veterans Elementary School, Ellicott City, MD 21043, United States
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Received: 2020-12-31 / Accepted: 2021-1-24 / Published: 2021-6-11

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.37906/isteamc.2021.8

Abstract People have been amazed about aurora since when they discovered it, and have also observed many shapes that the aurora comes in such as glow, homogeneous arc, rayed arc, rising vapor column, corona to name a few. This paper examines how does an aurora occur, as well as where and when to see it.

Research Areas: Astronomy

Keywords: Aurora, Aurora shapes, History of auroras, Aurora borealis