Aurora 4x

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Title: What Makes Auroras Happen?
Post by: abner89 on December 14, 2012, 01:24:29 AM

What Makes Auroras Happen?

Title: Re: What Makes Auroras Happen?
Post by: niflheimr on December 14, 2012, 01:36:21 AM

High energy particles coming from the sun being trapped in the radiation belts and exciting all sort of atoms to release light.

Title: Re: What Makes Auroras Happen?
Post by: Erik L on December 14, 2012, 05:48:48 AM

I prefer pixie dust.

Title: Re: What Makes Auroras Happen?
Post by: niflheimr on December 15, 2012, 10:13:52 AM

Actually had a colleague back in college answer a question about cerenkov radiation with pixie dust. Needless to say he didn't pass the exam- but then neither did 70% of the other guys in class.

Title: Re: What Makes Auroras Happen?
Post by: boggo2300 on December 16, 2012, 06:53:14 PM

Every one knows pixie dust was something IBM came up with for their HDD's!

Matt