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the northern lights are one of the big three natural phenomena created by our sun s magnetic activity the northern lights are caused by large numbers of electrons that stream towards the earth along a magnetic field and collide with air particles in our skythe air then lights up rather like what happens in a fluorescent light tube and what we see is the northern lights also called aurora borealised northern lights are rare but you can enjoy them in our photo gallery a more scientific explanation of what the northern lights are the northern lights are created with sufficient geomagnetic activity and form at around 60 miles high around 100 km above the earth s surface
Together the northern-and southern lights are called polar lights. The Latin word for northern lights, Aurora Borealis, was first used in the early seventeenth century. Aurora was the goddess of dawn, i.e. red light of dawn, in ancient Roman mythology and Borealis means northerly.A translation would be the northerly light of dawn. The Latin word for southern lights is Aurora Australis, the southerly light of dawn.Also the Lappish word for auroras, guovsahas, is related to the light of dawn. Beliefs in ancient times Before people knew what they know today they tried, in their own way, to explain why there were auroras.orthern Lights  Aurora Borealis. Northern lights, mostly called aurora, are the fluttering lights that can be observed in the sky over the northern-most parts of the world.