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WONDERS OF CHEMISTRY

Shining light on the chemistry behind an aurora

Imogen Howard explores what causes the colours of an aurora

The green lights of the aurora in the sky above the stones of Stonehenge.
The aurora borealis, seen from Stonehenge in the UK
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This ‘Wonders of chemistry’ links to the following A-level topics:

■ electron configuration

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