This view of an aurora seen at Kingston in Otago illustrates a phenomenon known as a corona, meaning crown. This occurs when energetic electrons make atoms glow along the earth’s magnetic field lines that are almost directly overhead – so the viewer is looking up along the field lines.
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Photograph by Stephen Voss
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