hazes. These displays that you will see can be in a vast array of colors.Due to rapid changes these forecasts are only good for a few hours after they are issued. This location can help you to be in the right place, at the right time to view these wonders.The auroras can be connected to the climate as well. In the old days the weather forecast was based on the activity of the auroras. They were however, often wrong. Even after the turn of the Century, one could read in the Encyclopedia Britannica that the auroras and thunderstorms were the result of the same phenomenon, just different form of an electrical discharge. Scientists are able to predict the activity and intensity of the auroras due to the rotation of the sun every 28days. Electron and proton particles that join together create a flow out from the dark hollows of the sun. When the sun rotates, streams of these particles travel toward the Earth, increased solar winds cause auroral displays when the particles transfer their energy through the atmosphere at about 65miles above our head.It is certain that the energy that feeds the auroras does come from the sun. The form of this energy travels in the solar wind at a speed of nearly 400km/sec (900,000mph) therefore it may take days to reach the earth, whereas light travels in approximately 8mins.The power of solar winds is equivalent to the output of gigantic electrical generators streaming into the Earths magnetic field, the power from the solar winds provides enough energy for charged particles to turn on the northern lights/auroras. The light of the auroras is emitted through the molecules and atoms of the Earths atmospheric gases; this process is somewhat similar to the illumination of a neon sign or a picture tube in your television set. Scientists say that the people in Anchorage, Juneau, and the Lower 48 are in for the most brilliant displays as we approach the year 2000. During this time frame the researchers ...
