MEANING
A natural display of colored light in the upper atmosphere, most often visible near polar regions.
Use it for
Polar night skies, shifting colored bands, and unfamiliar overhead light.Give the night sky large-scale moving color.
Words that belong together
- green aurora
- auroral display
- curtains of aurora
On the page
A green aurora rippled above the frozen lake.
They waited until midnight to see the aurora.
The aurora faded into thin bands before dawn.
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Word forms
- Base
- aurora
Usage notes
Primary category: environment. Not sunlight or weather lightning; northern and southern displays are called aurora borealis and aurora australis. Plural: auroras, aurorae
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