Aurora effect is known as the aurora borealis or the northern lights. The former term was coined by Galileo in 1619, from the Roman goddess of the dawn and the Greek name for the north wind. The southern counterpart, the aurora australis or the southern lights, has features almost identical to the aurora borealis and changes simultaneously with changes in the northern auroral zone. The Aurora Australis is visible from high southern latitudes in Antarctica, Chile, Argentina, New Zealand, and Australia. A geomagnetic storm causes the auroral ovals (north and south) to expand, and bring the aurora to lower latitudes. The
Linnaea borealis significant concern for the conservation of this species in such places, such as Ice Mountain in West Virginia, a low-elevation algific talus slope with persisting buried ice. Linnaeus took "Linnaea borealis" as his own personal symbol when he was raised to the Swedish nobility in 1757. In his "" (1737), Linnaeus had used Gronovius's name "Linnaea" as an example to advocate the use of commemorative personal names as botanical names: The flower of "Linnaea borealis" is the provincial flower of Småland, the home province of Linnaeus. Linnaea borealis Linnaea borealis is a species of flowering plant in the family Caprifoliaceae