Definition of Aurora australis. Meaning of Aurora australis. Synonyms of Aurora australis

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Aurora australis. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Aurora australis and, of course, Aurora australis synonyms and on the right images related to the word Aurora australis.

Definition of Aurora australis

Aurora australis
Aurora Au*ro"ra, n.; pl. E. Auroras, L. (rarely used) Auror[ae]. [L. aurora, for ausosa, akin to Gr. ?, ?, dawn, Skr. ushas, and E. east.] 1. The rising light of the morning; the dawn of day; the redness of the sky just before the sun rises. 2. The rise, dawn, or beginning. --Hawthorne. 3. (Class. Myth.) The Roman personification of the dawn of day; the goddess of the morning. The poets represented her a rising out of the ocean, in a chariot, with rosy fingers dropping gentle dew. 4. (Bot.) A species of crowfoot. --Johnson. 5. The aurora borealis or aurora australis (northern or southern lights). Aurora borealis, i. e., northern daybreak; popularly called northern lights. A luminous meteoric phenomenon, visible only at night, and supposed to be of electrical origin. This species of light usually appears in streams, ascending toward the zenith from a dusky line or bank, a few degrees above the northern horizon; when reaching south beyond the zenith, it forms what is called the corona, about a spot in the heavens toward which the dipping needle points. Occasionally the aurora appears as an arch of light across the heavens from east to west. Sometimes it assumes a wavy appearance, and the streams of light are then called merry dancers. They assume a variety of colors, from a pale red or yellow to a deep red or blood color. The Aurora australisis a corresponding phenomenon in the southern hemisphere, the streams of light ascending in the same manner from near the southern horizon.

Meaning of Aurora australis from wikipedia

- An aurora (pl. aurorae or auroras), also commonly known as the northern lights (aurora borealis) or southern lights (aurora australis), is a natural light...
- up aurora australis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The aurora australis is the southern counterpart of the aurora borealis. Aurora Australis may...
- former Aurora Australis is laid up in Vũng Tàu, Vietnam, as Aurora Dubai. Designed as a multi-purpose research and resupply ship, Aurora Australis was built...
- Aurora Australis was the "first book ever written, printed, illustrated and bound in the Antarctic". Aurora Australis was written during the British Antarctic...
- "Stunning images emerge of aurora australis visible across WA". PerthNow. Retrieved 9 October 2024. "Incredible photos: Stunning aurora dazzles NZ skies". NZ...
- geologist and explorer Douglas Mawson. Published in the 1908 book Aurora Australis and printed in the Antarctic, it deals with an expedition to the South...
- smaller sister to neighbours Houghton and Lyall Bays. Displays of Aurora Australis are currently able to be seen from this locality, as the light pollution...
- built to replace RSV Aurora Australis, a multi-purpose marine research and resupply ship chartered from P&O Polar. Aurora Australis was launched in 1989...
- Alpenglow Anthelion Anticrepuscular rays Aurora (northern and southern lights, aurora borealis and aurora australis) Belt of Venus Brocken Spectre Cir****horizontal...
- "Atmospheric phenomenon Steve spotted over south-east SA following Aurora Australis". ABC News Australia. Retrieved 17 October 2024. MacDonald, Elizabeth...