Norway lights

By, Tavishi Gupta ( 8 A )

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Kohima – Hometown of
Easterine Kire

Easterine Kire was born on 29 March

1959 in Kohima, which is part of
the Nagaland region in northeastern India.
She belongs to an Angami Naga family
from Kohima Village. Easterine Kire
currently resides in northern Norway, but the
majority of her writings are deeply rooted in
the lived realities of the people in Nagaland.
Why do the Norway Lights
happen in the north?

Earth's magnetic field brings the charged

particles towards the earth's poles. The
shape of earth's magnetic field makes two
auroral ovals above the North and South
magnetic poles, that is why Norway lights
occur almost every night in the Norway sky,
from August to May.
The Norway lights
The Norway lights may be the prettiest sight in Tromso. They are the
colours in the sky that are usually different shades of blue, purple, and
sometimes even pink
Why do the Norway lights happen?
Norway lights occur when
charged particles get
mixed up with gases in
Earth's upper atmosphere.
Those collisions produce
tiny flashes that fill the sky
with colourful light. As
billions of flashes occur in
sequence, the auroras
appear to "dance" in the
sky.
Where do the Norway lights
happen?

The Norway lights happen in the northern part of

Norway, like – Tromso, Lofoten, Alta, Bodo,
Lygen, Senja, ect.
What is the The other name for the
other name for Norway lights are the
Aurora Borealis. It was
the Norway named that after the Greek

lights? goddess of dawn (Aurora)

and the Greek god of the
north wind (Boreas).
Who named the The name aurora borealis
Norway lights? was named by a French
astronomer and scientist
named Pierre Gassendi.

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What is Norway lights
famous for?

The aurora borealis A.K.A the Norway

lights is a demonstration of the Earth's
magnetic field interacting with charged
particles from the sun. It is beautiful, and
worth a cold night out when visiting the
high Norway or southern latitudes.