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Aurora

20/01/2008 by Nikita

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Colour is part of our everyday life. Just think what life will be without colour/s! I would like to go one day and see the Northern lights! Read here more about the Auroras/e of our world.

Auroras (Polar Lights; or aurorae, sing.: aurora) are natural different colored light displays, which are usually observed in the night sky, particularly in the polar zone. Some scientists therefore call them “polar auroras” (or “aurorae polaris”). In northern latitudes, it is known as the aurora borealis, named after the Roman goddess of the dawn, Aurora, and the Greek name for north wind, Boreas. It often appears as a greenish glow (or sometimes a faint red), as if the sun were rising from an unusual direction. The aurora borealis is also called the northern [polar] lights, as it is only visible in the North sky from the Northern Hemisphere. The aurora borealis most often occurs from September to October and from March to April.

Its southern counterpart, aurora australis/southern [polar] lights, has similar properties. Australis is the Latin word for “of the South”.

Read more  HERE about the Auroras/e.

Aurora colour changing clock

Aurora colour changing clock

Please click HERE to buy the clock from the Science Museum.

I’ve always been interested in colours and how colour influences your life/personality or your way of living. You even get children with visual difficulties and through tests, they might discover that the child needs particular colour tinted glasses to read with. Some children will be said that they have the Irlen syndrome.

Read HERE more about the syndrome.

Colour psychology is the study of the effect that colours have on human behaviour particularly the natural instinctive feelings that each colour evokes. Colour preference is subjective however colour psychology reveals how each colour creates a collective emotional, mental and physical response in people as a whole.
Red for example will create feelings of warmth, movement, ambition, determination and sometimes anger! red may bring to mind sayings that have been passed down through the ages such as ‘it was like holding up a red rag to a bull!’

Cultures from around the world may differ in their use of colour symbolism and psychology for example in South Asian culture it is common for a bride to marry wearing red where as in Western culture a bride traditionally wears white.
Cultures from around the world may differ in their use of colour symbolism and psychology for example in South Asian culture it is common for a bride to marry wearing red where as in Western culture a bride traditionally wears white.

Colours in Our Environment
Colours in our environment affect us on a daily basis, they can act as unconscious triggers that influence how we think, feel and react to the world around us. We are able to see around 7,000,000 colours, some combinations can create a clash of the senses where as other colour combinations create an atmosphere of harmony and balance. The ‘right’ choice of colours can create a haven for relaxation or an environment that can increase productivity, stimulate the mind and raise energy levels.
Click HERE to read more about this article on the “colours of the soul” site, where you can also click on “Colour attribute” and read about your favourite colour. You can see mine here! Enjoy the two videos about the Auroras!

Psychology of Colour Effects Patients Recovery

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Posted in Irlen syndrome, lights, North Sky lights, Northern lights, polar lights, Southern lights, space | Tagged Aurora, Aurora Australis, Aurora Borealis, Australis lights, Colour, Colour changing clock, Colour psychology, colour therapy, eye conditions, favourite colour personality, Irlen syndrome, lights, Northern lights, Northern sky lights, polar lights, Reading syndromes, Southern lights, Southern sky lights, space | 13 Comments

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  1. on 20/01/2008 at 10:09 meghnak

    Hi Nikita,
    Nice post. I didn’t know about the Aurora so this is new to me! I too am interested in colors which play an important role in r lives. life is dull and boring without them! 😀


  2. on 20/01/2008 at 17:42 Nikita

    Hi Meghna… yes, life will be dull without colours! glad you enjoyed the post! 🙂


  3. on 16/03/2008 at 11:06 emy

    Hi. Just searching about Auroras and come up to your blog. Its really cool, by the way. You put everything about it. Can ask if you could have spare me of finding some article about a person who have actually witness it. I am just currently researching it in a different perspective, in a personal way maybe. I really have difficulty finding one of those. I would really really grateful.. Thanks a bunch!:-D


  4. on 16/03/2008 at 11:49 Nikita

    hi emy… I actually work with somebody who saw it and he described it only last week to me…they were travelling and suddenly there were these lights out of nowhere! and it was really very bright…and there eyes were almost blinded by the light and first they thought it was something – like a big truck with really very bright lights…and then they realised it was the Northern lights! 😉 he said it was sooooo beautiful…


  5. on 06/04/2008 at 02:09 emy

    WOw! that must be so cool. I hate to admit, i envy them..hmph! Thanks for that! Actually, i already finished my article about Norhern Lights. When you have the time, you can check it out here: http://www.miztyspace.blogspot.com. I’ ll be passing it to my teacher on monday, unfortunately..

    So, Its good that i came to see your blog! thanks again!lol!


  6. on 06/04/2008 at 10:31 Nikita

    Hi emy…you’re welcome…I will check it out now… 😉


  7. on 07/04/2008 at 03:51 emy

    Geez.. thanks!


  8. on 07/04/2008 at 03:57 emy

    Yeah, im fond of writing poems, thats why…hehe. Just depends on my mood, though. 😀

    FYi, im getting nervous about the mark i would get from that narrative. Hope it to be good. i have actually seek help from strangers just to finish it in time.. Cheers!


  9. on 07/04/2008 at 12:37 Nikita

    Hi emy! You’re very creative/talented! good luck with your project…did you watch this video i sent you? Northern lights!! btw…the second last song on this video is in Afrikaans..”Ruiter van die windjie”… my mother tongue…beautiful…Hein Simons is a Dutch singer/artist


  10. on 08/04/2008 at 03:42 emy

    Thanks! Your making my hopes up..heheh

    i really havent watched it yet because youtube has been disabled in the college pc. when i have the time to check it out at home, i’l watch it then.

    What is the song all about, anyway?


  11. on 08/04/2008 at 10:18 Nikita

    hi emy…. this particular song is about the wind – a “horse rider”… as a metaphor… he says he is the horse rider of the wind…he wants to travel diff countries/places with the wind…the wind is free, it turns/swirles when it wants … the feeling to be free..that’s what he wants to be… remember there are a few songs on this video…I think you get these songs in English too…on records


  12. on 10/04/2008 at 04:46 emy

    Yeah, at last i have watched it already. Its good. I dont understand the lyrics but i was fascinated with the backgraound. After, doing that project, i guess i felt i want to watch it personally when time allows, i think. lol!

    Anyway, when the school holidays come, i think i’l check out the english version…

    So, i thank you again for all the help. Cheers!


  13. on 10/04/2008 at 09:41 Nikita

    Hi emy… hope all goes well with your project! 😉



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