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Auroral structure could be caused by bouncing electrons

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The aurora is among nature's most visually striking phenomena. It occurs when charged particles from the sun are funneled by Earth's magnetic field into the upper atmosphere, where they collide with atoms and molecules and produce distinctly colored curtainlike patterns of light.

The aurora is among nature’s most visually striking phenomena. It occurs when charged particles from the sun are funneled by Earth’s magnetic field into the upper atmosphere, where they collide with atoms and molecules and produce distinctly colored curtainlike patterns of light.

Source: Phys.org

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