THE LIGHTS

Sometimes, spectacular colored lights appear in the night

sky over the North Pole. This dazzling sites/sights/cite is called the Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights. (Lights appear over the South Pole too; they are called the Aurora Australis, or Southern Lights.) The lights may last anywhere from a few minutes to a few days. Scientists predict that the best (sites/sights/cites)from which to view the Northern Lights this year will be in Iceland, northern Canada, and Scotland. Let’s pack our bags!

THE MYTHS

Over the centuries, different cultures have come up with all sorts of explanations for the Aurora Borealis. According to an Inuit folktale, the Aurora Borealis was the (site/sight/ cite) of a soccer game being played by spirits in the sky. In ancient Sweden, it was thought to be light reflecting off the scales of large fish. The Meskwaki Indians of North America thought the lights were the souls of their defeated enemies. Catching site/sight/cite of the lights was considered bad luck.

THE MYTHS

Over the centuries, different cultures have come up with all sorts of explanations for the Aurora Borealis. According to an Inuit folktale, the Aurora Borealis was the site/sight/cite of a soccer game being played by spirits in the sky. In ancient Sweden, it was thought to be light reflecting off the scales of large fish. The Meskwaki Indians of North America thought the lights were the souls of their defeated enemies. Catching (site/sight/cite) of the lights was considered bad luck.

THE CAUSE

The auroras start when super-hot solar winds hurtling through space crash into our atmosphere. These solar winds get pushed off to the North and South Poles. There, they mix with gases in the atmosphere to produce glorious curtains of color in the sky. It’s an unforgettable (site/sight/cite) that everyone should experience. The auroras are best seen from sites/sights/cites without a lot of artificial light.

THE CAUSE



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