Aurora

1. Atmospheric Phenomena
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2. Causes of the Aurora
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3. Auroral Forecasting
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4. Observing the Aurora
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5. Historical Aurorae and More Recent Events
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6. Aurora Elsewhere
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7. Early observers and theorists of the aurora classed it along with other atmospheric phenomena as a “meteor.” In common with many of his other ideas that remained unchallenged until well into the sixteenth century, Aristotle’s fourth century BC view of these events being the result of ignition of rising vapors belowthe innermost celestial sphere prevailed for some time. An alternative, proposed by the Roman philosopher Seneca in his Questiones Naturales, was that aurorae were flames viewed through chasmata—cracks in the heavenly firmament.
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8. Noctilucent Clouds and other Phenomena
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