AURORA BOREALIS

PRESENTATION BY :-AYUSH DEO AND simran deo

 AURORA BOREALIS
These dancing curtain of lights are also reffered to as:
• Polar lights as AURORA POLARIS
• Northern lights as AURORA BORELIS
• Southern lights as AURORA AUSTRALIS
• Seen in high altitude regions like
ANTARTICA AND ARTIC
MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS

MHD : -
also called
magneto-fluid dynamics
or hydromagnetics
is the study of the magnetic
properties and behaviour of
electrically conducting fluids.
 COLOUR CODE
• Oxygen and Nitrogen present in the atmosphere ,
gives varieties of colour.
• Atom “N” releases BLUE LIGHT
• 2 “N” atoms releases PURPLE COLOUR

N
N N
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240 km O • Oxygen relases red colour

above 240

• When colours combine they

produce shades like pink
120 and yellow

100 km O • Oxygen releases green

light above 100KM

80
DISADVANTAGES OF SOLAR FLAMES CAUSING AURORA

• Charge particle can interfare with

satellite communication.
• Can cause immediate mutation to
human body cell.
• Large doses could be fatal to
unshielded astronauts.
• Effects on navigation instruments
• Can cause electrical surges.
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