Check this picture out. Took it from http://tivac.com/images/backgrounds/AuroraBorealis.jpg Amazing picture of the Aurora Borealis, taken from space!
Me too!! Will we ever get to travel to space in our lifetime?? Here's another picture, this time from http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17165
yeap. it was in the 70's. we could see them when we looked out over lake ontario when we were camping. doesnt happen anymore and did not happen very often. maybe once or twice.
You don't need to go to space. You can see the Northern Lights up north (naturally ). Alaska, Canada, etc. One of the many ways the Sun affects the Earth.
i've doubts on how real that picture is after comparing it with other aurora pics taken by astronauts in the ISS, and i can't source it from any other sites =/
FYI, the Borealis is occaisionally visible in the far south. Shanghai for instance for the northern hemisphere of Asia. The problem is light pollution, the man made lights of streets and cities are brighter than that of the borealis. Here is a NASA article written about them in my hometown... http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2003/05dec_dixieland.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sU6CpQz-D4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWN_zbEmmRM&mode=related&search= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHvdZdsIZxg&mode=related&search=