Welcome to "Natural Science"! This blog is dedicated to bringing you amazing facts about the natural world around you, and as a place to display my fossil, insect, rock/mineral, and other collections. I hope you enjoy the posts and pictures; feel free to leave a comment to tell me! Thank you

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Paintings in the Sky


Lightning: Lightning is caused by unbalanced electric charges in the atmosphere which cause a large electrostatic discharge. These discharges can either be from cloud to cloud or cloud to ground.
 
 

Aurora: Aurora is when high-energy particles hit the earth’s magnetic field at the poles creating a natural light display. The particles come from the sun and travel to earth as solar wind.
 
 
 

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