Physicists describe new type of aurora

ScienceDaily
May 6, 2021, 12:58 pm568 ptsHot
The famed northern and southern lights have been studied for millennia, but they still hold secrets. Physicists describe a new phenomenon they call 'diffuse auroral erasers,' in which patches of the background glow are blotted out, then suddenly intensify and reappear.

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