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Auroras

Natural light display that occurs in the sky, primarily at high latitudes (near the Arctic and Antarctic on Earth) or even on other planets

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Images referencing Auroras

3 images from works
  • Astronomy: the Aurora Borealis, with a reindeer-drawn sledge in the foreground. Coloured wood engraving by C. Whymper.
  • Astronomy: the Aurora Borealis, with pine trees in the foreground. Colour process print after by M. Raebel, 1909.
  • Astronomy: a diagram of a suggested explanation of the Aurora Borealis. Lithograph after Sir J. Ross.

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    Astronomy: a diagram of a suggested explanation of the Aurora Borealis. Lithograph after Sir J. Ross.

    Ross, John, Sir, 1777-1856. | Reference: 46625i
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    Astronomy: the Aurora Borealis, with pine trees in the foreground. Colour process print after by M. Raebel, 1909.

    Raebel, Max, active 1909. | Date: 1911 | Reference: 46626i
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    Observations of the aurora borealis. From September 1834 to September 1839 / [Robert Snow].

    Snow, Robert. | Date: 1842
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    The northern lights : how one man sacrificed love, happiness and sanity to unlock the secrets of space / Lucy Jago.

    Jago, Lucy. | Date: 2001
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    Traité physique et historique de l'aurore boréale / Par Mr. de Mairan ... Suite des Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences. Année MDCCXXXI.

    Mairan, Dortous de, 1678-1771. | Date: 1733

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