Friday, August 5, 2011

If skies cooperate, we could see Northern Lights tonight

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2015831657_aurora06m.html

summary:
Tonigh and Saturday night,we have a chance to see Northern Lights.
Northern Lights is charged particles hurtling through space from recent eruptions on the sun crash into the Earth's upper atmosphere.
Meteorologists say tha we can find a clear spot and get away from the city lights, we can view the greenish glow or faint red lights along the northern horizon.
Kunches, space scientist for NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center,said that two types ofatmospheric eruptions have flared up on the sun since Tuesday.
The best time to view the Northern Lights is midnight. But it is dependent on local weather.If the clouds is heavre,you may miss the Northern Lights.

PERSONAL RESPONSE
I'm so happy to see this artical.In my contury,I don't have chance to view Northern Lights ecause Taiwan is near by the equator.I really want to see that.If I have time,I'll go to view Northern Lights.

New words:
eruption:n.a volcanic to start suddenly and violently.
horizon:n.the line at the faethest place which you can see,where the sky seems to touch the land or sea.
the aurora borealis:n.:a pattern of diffently coloured lights that are sometimes seen in the night sky in the most northern parts of the world.

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