See also: Northern Lights

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northern lights

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northern lights pl (plural only)

  1. The aurora of the northern hemisphere.
    • 2023 November 15, Prof. Jim Wild, “This train was delayed because of bad weather in space”, in RAIL, number 996, page 30:
      A common and beautiful side-effect of high solar activity is the Aurora Borealis - the northern lights that dance across Arctic skies. [] Ships' logs noted observations of the northern lights as far south as the Caribbean, and telegraph systems across the world were disrupted as electrical currents were induced in the copper lines.

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