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The Aurora Page
http://www.geo.mtu.edu/weather/aurora/index.html
From DLESE Community Collection (DCC)
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This site offers information, links and images about the Northern Lights, or Aurora Borealis. The links include: an aurora tutorial with a teacher suggestion page, current geomagnetic conditions from the Australian Space Forecast Centre and the IPS Solar and Geophysical Summary, aurora forecast maps, and how to build an automated aurora detection system. There are photographs of solar flaring and other sun activity, space shuttle photographs of aurora, and aurora photographs from Upper Peninsula Michigan and Alaska.
Intended for grade levels:
  • Intermediate (3-5)
  • Middle (6-8)
  • High (9-12)
  • College (13-14)
  • General public
Type of resource:
  • Services:
    • Clearinghouse
Subject:
  • Atmospheric science
  • Space science
Technical requirements:
No specific technical requirements, just a browser required
Cost / Copyright:
No cost
Copyright and Other Restrictions Information is Unknown
DLESE Catalog ID: DLESE-000-000-002-460
Related resources:
This resource is referenced by 'Earth Science Sites of the Week Archive'
http://webs.cmich.edu/resgi/
Resource contact / Creator / Publisher:
Contact: Michael Dolan
Department of Geological Engineering and Sciences, Michigan Technological University