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
Aurora Borealis (painting) end of the American Civil War, "Aurora Borealis" (1865) was believed to depict the portent of a simultaneously triumphant and desolate Union victory, its meaning amplified in relation to later works, including "The After Glow" (1867) and other works. "Aurora Borealis" (1865) was associated with "Rainy Season in the Tropics" (1866) for two reasons. First, the two paintings marked the completion of the arctic-tropical sequence created with "The Heart of the Andes" (1859) and "The North", also known as "The Icebergs" (1861). These pairings drew together popular attention on exploration of the arctic North and the tropical South. The second