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How does aurora occurs?why it is only seen in the polar region?
Asked by vasturushi | 09 Jul, 2017, 01:25: PM
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-The Earth has a magnetic field similar to a bar magnet, from the geographic South Pole to the geographic North Pole.
-Charged particles stream from the Sun and arrive in the Earth's vicinity.
-These charged particles undergo collisions in the Earth's vicinity which slows them down and they subsequently get trapped in spiral paths around the planet's magnetic field lines.
-The Earth's field lines become denser as they approach a pole.
-As the lines become denser the charged particles' path eventually turns back on itself.
-A particle spiralling along the field lines from the South Pole to the North Pole turns around at the North Pole spiralling back and heading southward.
-This effect is called magnetic mirrors.
-The aurora borealis and aurora austrealis is the consequence of the above effect.
-This occurs when the charged particles enter the atmosphere and excite the atoms in the air creating the visible colours.
-It is visible near the poles where the magnetic field lines dip toward the Earth's surface.
Answered by Abhijeet Mishra | 09 Jul, 2017, 09:26: PM

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