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auroral zone
noun
- the region surrounding the north or south geomagnetic pole in which the auroral phenomena take place.
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The northern lights appear in a region around the earth’s magnetic pole, called the “auroral oval” or “auroral zone”, explains Don Hampton, research associate professor at the Geophysical Institute of the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
From National Geographic
During the solar maximum, experts expect that episodes when the auroral zone grows and is more active will happen more frequently.
From National Geographic
The Northern Lights form in an oval around the Earth’s north pole in an area called the auroral zone.
From BBC
Areas in the auroral zone include north Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Greenland, and Canada, the north of American state Alaska, and northern Siberia, in Russia.
From BBC
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