You might know it as the northern lights, but it's technically called the aurora borealis in the Northern Hemisphere.

你可能知道它是北極光，但嚴格來說，它在北半球叫北極光。

In the Aurora, Australia's or southern lights in the Southern Hemisphere, this phenomenon occurs above the magnetic poles in the northern and southern hemispheres they form when gas is particles in the earth's atmosphere collide with charged particles released from the sun.

在極光，澳洲或南半球的南光，這種現象發生在南北半球的磁極之上，他們形成時，氣體是地球大氣層中的粒子與太陽釋放的帶電粒子碰撞。

Electrons and protons from the sun are blown toward the earth by the solar wind.

來自太陽的電子和質子被太陽風吹向地球。

As these air carried towards Earth, most of them are deflected by Earth's magnetic field.

當這些空氣被帶向地球時，大部分都被地球的磁場擋住了。

However, the magnetic field is weaker at the polls, allowing some of the particles to funnel into the Earth's atmosphere.

然而，在民意調查處的磁場較弱，使得一些粒子漏入地球大氣層。

The vibrant colors produced are determined by the type of gas.

所產生的鮮豔色彩是由氣體的種類決定的。

Is that air colliding?

那是空氣的碰撞嗎？

The result is a brilliant display of the common green in yellow, less common blue and violet, even rare reds painting the night sky and ribbons, arcs or shooting rays.

結果，常見的綠色在黃色中，不太常見的藍色和紫色，甚至罕見的紅色畫夜空和絲帶、弧線或流星射線的輝煌展示。

Oxygen produces green and red light, while nitrogen gives off blue and purple the best time of year to view the light show is during the winter months, when the nights are longer under a cloud free sky, away from light pollution mhm.

氧氣會產生綠光和紅光，而氮氣則會發出藍光和紫光一年中觀看光影秀的最佳時間是在冬季，在無雲的天空下，遠離光汙染的夜晚更長嗯。