The Northern Lights - Coming to a Neighborhood Near You?
Jake O. recently shared a beautiful picture of the Northern Lights as part of his Canada post. NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) has a real time graphic of northern hemisphere auroral activity here. If you see the yellow or red on the graphic drop as far south as Connecticut, take a look outside and turn to the North* to enjoy the show.
By the way, 5 bells to the first student who explains (in your own words) what causes the Northern Lights (Aurora effect) AND shares the resource where you found the information. You can do this in a comment to this post, or in a new post.
Mr. H.
*PS: It will help if you do this after dark. 
January 15th, 2006 at 11:35 pm
The Northern Lights occurs when solar particles are ejected
from the sun’s massive flares and explosions into deep space
until when they reach the Earth’s atmosphere when the solar
and gas molecules collide making a photon when there is an
energy reaction which makes light. The Magnetic field captures
the solar particles from the sun and guides them to Earth.
The Northern Lights is so big because there are millions
of photons creating tremendous amounts of light. I found this
information on http://www.northern-lights.no/english/what/
cause.shtml.
January 16th, 2006 at 9:26 am
Great job on the northern lights paragraph. I also like your picture.