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STEVE
Noun
uncountable
An
aurora-like
light
found
in
southern
Canada
(consistently
lower
latitude,
unlike
the
aurora
borealis
which
is
generally
high
latitude),
composed
of
a
glowing
purple
ribbon
of
light,
with
green
spikes
coming
off
obliquely
parallel
to
each
other,
moving
at
about
6.5
km/s
East
to
West.
Presumably
occurs
in
the
southern
hemisphere
as
well.
Japanese Meaning
南カナダ(および南半球でも観測される可能性がある)で見られる、オーロラに類似した光の現象。低緯度で発生し、紫色の輝く帯状の光と、それに斜め並行に伸びる緑色のスパイク状の光が約6.5km/sの速度で東から西へ移動する現象を指す。
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An
aurora-like
light
found
in
southern
Canada
(consistently
lower
latitude,
unlike
the
aurora
borealis
which
is
generally
high
latitude),
composed
of
a
glowing
purple
ribbon
of
light,
with
green
spikes
coming
off
obliquely
parallel
to
each
other,
moving
at
about
6.5
km/s
East
to
West.
Presumably
occurs
in
the
southern
hemisphere
as
well.
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An aurora-like light found in southern Canada (consistently lower latitude, unlike the aurora borealis which is generally high latitude), composed of a glowing purple ribbon of light, with green spikes coming off obliquely parallel to each other, moving at about 6.5 km/s East to West. Presumably occurs in the southern hemisphere as well.
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STEVE
Photographers rushed outside when STEVE appeared as a glowing purple ribbon with parallel green spikes stretching obliquely across the southern Canadian sky.
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Photographers rushed outside when STEVE appeared as a glowing purple ribbon with parallel green spikes stretching obliquely across the southern Canadian sky.
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