2012 Northern Lights Summit Lake, Alaska
(Picture Jessica Klejka)

Kinguyakkii, Aurora

Borealis, or Northern Lights

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Aurora Borealis

To Understand the Aurora Borealis, commonly called the Norther Lights we must begin with the Sun. Charged ions leave the sun in a process often referred to as as solar wind storms (Giancoli 2005). These ions approach the Earth's atmosphere and are "guided along magnetic lines of force" and create the brilliant displays called the Northern Lights (Semeter et al. 2008).

Southern Lights

The Northern lights have a southern counter part called the Aurora Australis which will not be discussed on this web page.

Kinguyakkii-

Is the name given to the Aurora Borealis aka the Northern Lights by the Inupiaq people of Alaska (Native Language Center 2012).

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