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OCR: UR Polar lights resulting from the ionization of Earth's atmosphere atan altitude of approximately 80 100 km. When solar wind particles interact with particles in the Van Allen radiation belts surrounding Earth those particles drop into the atmosphere and cause ionization of atmospheric gases such oxygen and nitrogen Aurora Borealis, also called Aurora Polaris nort thern lights, the aurora visible in northern latitudes Aurora Australis the aurora visible southerr latitudes AURDRA aorooa southern