How to Use aurora australis in a Sentence

aurora australis

noun
  • The aurora australis lights up the dark sky above the South Pole.
    — Discover Magazine, 15 Aug. 2017
  • The eclipse will occur toward the end of the southern lights (aurora australis) season.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 26 Jan. 2025
  • When the light display is in the southern hemisphere, it is referred to as the southern lights or aurora australis.
    — Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 12 Nov. 2025
  • The southern lights, which are known as the aurora australis, can also be visible in far southern parts of the world.
    — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2021
  • Spotting these elusive green and violet streaks, known as the southern lights, or aurora australis, requires a bit of luck.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 21 Nov. 2024
  • But what steals the scene are the aurora australis -- aka the southern lights -- and half of the constellation Orion of to the left.
    — Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 16 Sep. 2011
  • Here are four aurora australis hotspots for those looking for a southern celestial spectacle.
    — Jennifer Nalewicki, Smithsonian, 29 July 2017
  • While the aurora borealis occurs in the north, the southern pole sees the aurora australis, or southern lights.
    — Sarah Rumpf, Fox News, 24 Mar. 2023
  • The southern hemisphere has its own polar lights known as the southern lights, or aurora australis, which create their own dazzling display.
    — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 8 July 2023
  • Salom says his life has been enriched by getting outside to hike, stargaze or watch the aurora australis (the southern sibling of the northern lights).
    — Time, 26 Feb. 2021
  • The southern lights, which are known as the aurora australis, can also be visible in far southern parts of the world such as Australia.
    — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2022
  • This also occurs in the Southern Hemisphere, where it is known as the aurora australis, or southern lights.
    — Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
  • In the Southern hemisphere, the phenomenon is known as the aurora australis, or southern lights.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 22 Jan. 2024
  • The southern lights, or aurora australis, were going strong last night as a geomagnectic storm continued.
    — Washington Post, 13 May 2021
  • Earth's magnetic field is visible only in the form of the aurora borealis and aurora australis, but makes its presence known in many ways.
    — Bob Hirshon, Discover Magazine, 1 Feb. 2022
  • Travelers in the southern hemisphere escapes will have decreased daylight hours, which makes the month a great time to chase aurora australis, also known as the southern lights.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 2 July 2023
  • They're known as the aurora borealis around the North Pole and the aurora australis around the South Pole.
    — John Helton, NPR, 12 May 2024
  • The northern lights occur in the northern hemisphere, while the same phenomenon in the southern hemisphere is called the aurora australis, or the southern lights.
    — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2023
  • For years, scientists assumed that aurora borealis and aurora australis would mirror each other.
    — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 31 Jan. 2019
  • The aurora borealis has a counterpart, the aurora australis, or southern lights, which is the same phenomenon in the southern hemisphere.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 12 May 2024
  • Equally impressive shows of the aurora australis, or southern lights, were spotted in Australia and New Zealand.
    — Kasha Patel, Washington Post, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Being the most southerly chunk of landmass on the planet, Antarctica is the quintessential spot for viewing the aurora australis in all its brilliant glory.
    — Jennifer Nalewicki, Smithsonian, 29 July 2017
  • The aurora australis is the Southern Hemisphere's version of the aurora borealis.
    — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 11 Apr. 2015
  • The show wasn't limited to folks in the Northern Hemisphere; down under, skywatchers got a stunning display of aurora australis or southern lights.
    — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 23 Mar. 2026
  • But these auroras appear much different from the northern lights, or aurora borealis, and southern lights, or aurora australis, that occur on Earth.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 14 June 2024
  • Perhaps these clouds could be aurorae – similar to the northern lights (aurora borealis) here on Earth, or their southern counterpart aurora australis.
    — Christian Schroeder, Discover Magazine, 17 Feb. 2015
  • The green glow that covered the sky Monday evening above residents of Hobart in the Australian island of Tasmania is known as the aurora australis, or the southern lights.
    — Joshua Bote, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2020
  • This buffeting generates shimmering, glowing curtains of color known as the aurora borealis in the northern hemisphere's polar regions, and aurora australis in the south.
    — Kenneth Chang, Star Tribune, 17 July 2021
  • Our local star is entering the more active phase of its solar cycle, boosting the potential for both possible disruptions and awesome displays of the aurora borealis and aurora australis.
    — Eric MacK, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2021
  • And now, the space agency is sharing a remarkable image of the southern lights, or aurora australis, taken from the International Space Station.
    — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2022

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