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| Red Aurora Over Australia (February 1, 2012) |
The solar storms from the active sunspot region 1402 showered particles on Earth that excited oxygen particles in the atmosphere. Due to the excited electrons falling to their ground state, they emitted a red glow. If the excited particles were lower in the atmosphere, they would have emitted more of a green glow. It's still not certain why there were no green lights.
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