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Polar Lights | Northern and Southern Lights 

Polar Lights or Northern Lights
Hamnoy, Norway
I am back with another informative, interesting article and this time it's on Polar Lights. Some of my readers might be thinking of what are polar lights let me give you a deep understanding about it in this article.

What are Polar Lights?

Well, Polar Lights is a natural light which displays in the earth's sky mostly it is seen in higher altitude region of the world. They are named as 'Aurora Borealis' or 'Northern Lights' in the north and 'Aurora Australis' or 'Southern Lights' in the south. It appears in many colors like red, yellow, green, blue and violet. Although pale green and pink are mostly seen and are found to be prominent or you can say common.
Polar Lights or Northern Lights
Wanaka, New Zealand

How is Polar Lights Formed ?

Polar Lights gets formed when charged particles released from sun enter Earth's atmosphere and collide with the gaseous atoms at high speed. The air than lights up in various colors, like what happens in fluorescent light tube.

Is there any Difference between Northern Lights and Southern Lights ?

There is NO different between Northern Lights and Southern Lights it is just differentiated by its geographical location of its appearance.
Polar Lights or Northern Lights
Arctic Circle

Places you can visit to view this mesmerizing natural phenomenon ?

Well there are various places that you can visit which offers a great viewing locations. For your best chances to experience Aurora in the months of winter than one must visit north from October to April. In North Iceland, Alaska, Canada, Norway, Arctic and Greenland are some of the destination where you can visit. It is also said that Aurora is most active in Northern part and due to this fact, there are lots of places you can visit and experience the beauty of mother earth. There is complete arrangements for the people in North where people can go and see the Aurora in regular basis.
However in South it is completely a different story. Its said that Aurora is not found to be much active in this part of earth and so there is less press coverage. This is the reason when you look online there is more coverage of northern lights. For instance in South New Zealand, Australia, Argentina, Tasmania, Antarctica are some of the places which experiences the Aurora. Your best bet for viewing the Aurora in South is to get on a cruise ship and head down as far as they take you.
Polar Lights or Northern Lights
Polar Lights

Can you see Polar Lights with the naked eye ?

The answer is Yes, but there is some limitations. As per as human eye which have cones and rods i.e the cones works during the day time and the rods works at night time. Thus the human eyes view the Polar lights generally in Black and White and so the human eyes can't see the relatively 'faint' colors of Aurora at night.
However the DSLR don't have any of these limitations as because of high quality sensors which gives a much dynamic range of vision in the dark than us and so in pictures we can observe the exact colors of Polar Lights. If you want to experience polar lights you need a dark, clear night also.
At last if you are someone who is much fortunate and want to witness some extraordinary natural beauty and phenomenon, than you can visit any of these places that experiences this phenomenon and be a part of it and later you can come back share your Polar lights story with us .
Polar Lights or Northern Lights
Tasmania, Australia
Senja,Northern lights

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