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11 - Auroras

C. T. Russell ,
J. G. Luhmann  and
R. J. Strangeway
C. T. Russell
Affiliation:
University of California, Los Angeles
J. G. Luhmann
Affiliation:
University of California, Berkeley
R. J. Strangeway
Affiliation:
University of California, Los Angeles
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Summary

As discussed in Chapter 1, auroras may have been mankind’s first introduction to solar-terrestrial physics and the plasma universe, but early inhabitants of this planet did not have an understanding of the physical processes that could produce them. Dancing lights in the sky cannot just be ignored. Thus auroras became omens. Religious interpretations and myths had to take the place of physical explanations. This was particularly necessary in the polar regions where this phenomenon was quite common.

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Space Physics
An Introduction
 , pp. 346 - 371
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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  • Auroras
  • C. T. Russell, University of California, Los Angeles, J. G. Luhmann, University of California, Berkeley, R. J. Strangeway, University of California, Los Angeles
  • Book: Space Physics
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316162590.012
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  • C. T. Russell, University of California, Los Angeles, J. G. Luhmann, University of California, Berkeley, R. J. Strangeway, University of California, Los Angeles
  • Book: Space Physics
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316162590.012
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  • Auroras
  • C. T. Russell, University of California, Los Angeles, J. G. Luhmann, University of California, Berkeley, R. J. Strangeway, University of California, Los Angeles
  • Book: Space Physics
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316162590.012
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