The Amazing Aurora Borealis
Why are the Northern Lights called the aurora borealis?In 1621, Pierre Gassendi named the Northern Lights after the Roman goddess Aurora and boreas, the Greek word for 'the northern wind.' Aurora borealis literally means 'Dawn of the North'. Galileo Galilei was also credited with being one of the first people to call the Northern Lights 'aurora borealis.'
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"Doubly happy, however, is the man whom lofty mountain tops are within reach, for the lights that shine there illumine all that lies below." - John Muir
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