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- What causes the Northern Lights?
- What are Northern Lights?
- Exploring the Earth's magnetic field
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- Exploratorium: Auroras. http://www.exploratorium.edu/auroras/
- Exploratorium: Auroras: Paintings in the Sky. http://www.exploratorium.edu/learning_studio/auroras/
- NASA GSFC POLAR Brochure. "What Causes the Northern Lights?"http://pwg.gsfc.nasa.gov/polar/EPO/northern_lights/aurora_broch.pdf
- NASA IMAGE Web site.http://image.gsfc.nasa.gov/
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