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Sun & Earth Background gives background information about the Sun, Geospace, Solar Wind, Magnetism, Earth, Stars

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An aurora is an atmospheric effect produced when charged particles from the radiation belts surrounding a planet like the Earth, are accelerated down the magnetic field lines near the north and south magnetic poles.
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