Incredible What Layer Of The Atmosphere Do The Northern Lights Occur References. Web the auroras —the aurora borealis (or northern lights) in the northern hemisphere, and the aurora australis (the southern lights) in the southern hemisphere—are brilliant natural spectacles that can be seen in the evening sky especially at higher latitudes. Web sometimes the ions in the thermosphere glow at night.
Web the northern lights are caused by particles — electrons and protons — blasted out from the sun in all directions and colliding with gases in the earth's atmosphere. Meanwhile nitrogen causes the sky to glow blue, yet when higher in the atmosphere it glows purple. In the northern hemisphere auroras are called aurora borealis, aurora polaris, or northern lights, and in the southern hemisphere they are called aurora australis or southern lights.
