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Dr Gabrielle Provan of the University of Leicester Physics & Astronomy department demonstrates how Aurora Borealis (or the Northern Lights) are created.
Using a Planeterrella designed by CNRS scientist Jean Lilensten she recreates Kristian Birkeland's 100+ year old experiment. Showing how charged particles within solar winds coming from our Sun collide with atoms in the Earth's atmosphere to create a natural light display.
For more information about the Planeterrella see;
www2.le.ac.uk/d...
For more information about CNRS see;
planeterrella.o...
This film was produced by External Relations, University of Leicester.
Filmed & Edited by Carl Vivian
Produced by Dr Gabrielle Provan