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It is the best book about Aurora, that I've read until now, it is really well detailled and really well illustrated. About mythology, it offers the real stories believed by Nordic Nations living above the Arctic Circle. You're interested by Aurora in history and science, so it is THE BOOK to read. You'll like it, I'm sure!
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The colorful light of the aurora borealis appears in thesparsely populated polar regions of the North during its long winternights. Little is known about this ethereal occurrence, which providesdazzling displays of ghostly light and movement. The author has spentyears studying the aurora, and in this book he reveals the mythologythat surrounds the aurora in various northern cultures as well as thescience behind the phenomenon as it has developed through history.The author also records various responses to the aurora, fromAristotle to modern geophysicists, and from different cultures andtraditions, thus charting the gradual understanding of this mostawe-inspiring experience. Demonstrating the influence of the Sun inthe creation of the aurora, Falck-Ytter also compares the northernlights with other light phenomena, such as lightning and rainbows.Beautifully illustrated, this book offers a conprehensiveunderstanding of a very mysterious dynamic that has fascinated andalarmed northern communities for millennia.
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