The aurora is often seen as a light glow or moving arcs, beams or curtains of light. Sometimes above the northern horizon is an arc from which rays of light shoot up like searchlights. Very rarely, it exhibits a flaming character, showing a peculiar and relatively quick pulsating movement similar to the dancing of candle flames. Some dancing rays appear to rotate, with one ray shifting slightly to the side and disappearing, to make way for a new ray, which in turn also shifts to the side and disappears, to also make way for a new ray. This en-echelon movement can happen relatively quickly. In and around the geomagnetic zenith, the crown phenomenon can be observed, where the rays appear as if coming from or being pulled towards a single point of flight. Towards the end of an aurora, diffuse-looking islands appear, strongly reminiscent of the artificial illumination of the night sky over urbanised areas. The aurora is mainly visible at high geographical latitudes. It is therefore referred to as northern lights (aurora borealis) and southern lights (aurora australis). Since the phenomenon can only be seen during darkness and the summer light is very long at high latitudes, the phenomenon is mainly visible in winter. In the Netherlands, the northern lights are sporadically visible during exceptionally clear weather low in the northern sky.
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