atlantic ocean water is compressed as it is channeled through the Strait of Gibraltar and meets the saltier, denser Mediterranean Sea water. this creates solitons, pulses of water that appear as ripples from space. the waves are actually 60 - 80 meters high.
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both the aurora australis, the southern lights, and the aurora borealis, the northern lights, are created when the solar wind, charged particles streaming out of the sun, are pulled into the Earth’s magnetic field. when the particles collide with air molecules in the Earth’s atmosphere, that energy is given off as light.
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