Tag: astronomy

  • The Northern Lights

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    Jendicecco
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    Ahhh! The beautiful colors of the aurora borealis, or the Northern Lights, always brings to mind crisp, clear nights and questions of the seen versus unseen. In 1619, the Italian astronomer, Galileo Galilei, coined the term “aurora borealis” encompassing the the Roman goddess of dawn – “Aurora” with the Greek God for the north wind…