What are auroras What makes them happen What do they look like Where can you see them This illustrated journey answers these questions! The site includes stunning photos and QuickTime movies of the northern lights, realaudio interviews with NASA scientists and more.

Department of Physics & Astronomy The University of Calgary Calgary, Alberta CANADA T2N 1N4 Tel: +1 (403) 220-5385 Fax: +1 (403) 282-5016 Recent Missions: GEODESIC Sounding Rocket successfully launched in February 26, 2000. TSA instrument onboard the Japanese SS520-2 Sounding Rocket successfully launched in December 04, 2000. Current Missions: Portable Auroral Imager; operational since 1989.

ABOUT UVI Science Objective Instrument Description DATA Latest Image Image Description Online Search Data Request KEY PARAMETERS & EVENTS KPGS Description KPGS Faq KPGS Data Online Event Data ISTP Cum. KP Index PAPERS Publications/ Presentations OPERATIONS GGS Home Page Operating Plans DSP Pointing Plans Instrument Configs Instrument Sequences Calendar CONTACTS RELATED SITES Updated March 2002 ...

Auroras 2000. Your guide to the Northern and Southern Lights. News, NASA images, forecasts, and background on the aurora borealis.

The Auroral Particles and Imagery Team at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL) has madesignificant advances in quantitatively understanding certain space physics processes, while uncovering some new mysteries. This site contains information regarding the Aurora Borealis, (aka. The Northern Lights), space physics, and the Earth's magnetosphere.

Questionnaire +130 Eyewitness reports (300 kB) Contents Character of the sounds Conditions necessary to hear auroral sounds Most popular theories It's ringing in your ears. Tinnitus. Electromagnetic waves transduced into acoustic. Direct transmission of audible sound. Brush discharge. Literature, WWW references Auroral Sounds They writhed like a brood of angry snakes, hissing and sulphus pale.