Showing posts with label Astronomy and Physics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Astronomy and Physics. Show all posts

Sunday, December 4, 2011

Heaven made light show!


by : Dick Hutchinson©

            The aurora, or northern and southern lights, are often visible from the surface of the Earth at high northern or southern latitudes. Auroras typically appear as luminous bands or streamers that can extend to altitudes of 200 miles (well into the ionosphere).

Sunday, September 11, 2011

Why do stars twinkle?


by: Google Images
     
       Stars do not actually twinkle when viewed from outer space. They appear to twinkle when we see them from the Earth's surface because we are viewing them through thick layers of moving air in the Earth's atmosphere. 


http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/stars/twinkle.shtml