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Patterns in Nature: Northern Lights

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A long exposure shows star trails behind a red-and-green aurora in Canada's Northwest Territories. In the Northern Hemisphere, the phenomenon is called aurora borealis, or northern lights. In the Southern Hemisphere, it's called aurora australis, or southern lights. Photograph by Raymond Gehman