the Northern Lights

noun

: large areas of green, red, blue, or yellow light that sometimes appear in the night sky in far northern regions

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Little ones can frolic in the Snow Bounce room or in a pit of fake snowballs in the Northern Lights section, where representations of the aurora borealis drift above. —

The New York Times, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025 But things like a non-surgical facelift worth $4,000 and a private flight to stay in Finland and see the Northern Lights worth $48,000 will only be offered to one recipient each. —

Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2025 Read on for how to watch the Northern Lights on New Year's Eve! —

Skyler Caruso, People.com, 31 Dec. 2024 Among them were awesome volcanic eruptions of lava in Iceland and Hawaii, as well as mind-boggling eruptions of plasma from the Sun that caused dazzling displays of the Northern Lights. —

Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for the Northern Lights

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