The Aurora Page
http://www.geo.mtu.edu/weather/aurora/index.html

Department of Geological Engineering and Sciences, Michigan Technological University


This site offers information, links and images about the Northern Lights, or Aurora Borealis. The links include: an aurora tutorial with a teacher suggestion page, current geomagnetic conditions from the Australian Space Forecast Centre and the IPS Solar and Geophysical Summary, aurora forecast maps, and how to build an automated aurora detection system. There are photographs of solar flaring and other sun activity, space shuttle photographs of aurora, and aurora photographs from Upper Peninsula Michigan and Alaska.

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Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science, Geology:Geophysics:Magnetism/Paleomag, Geoscience:Lunar and Planetary Science
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Collection
Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5), Middle (6-8), High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14), General Public
Theme: Teach the Earth:Course Topics:Planetary Science, Atmospheric Science, Geophysics