Northern Lights

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Northern lights is a common name for the Aurora Borealis (Polar Aurorae) in the Northern Hemisphere.

Northern Lights or Northern Light may also refer to:

Books

Northern Lights, a 1975 novel by American author Tim O'Brien
The Northern Lights, a 1991 novel by Howard Norman
Northern Lights (novel), a 1995 novel by Philip Pullman
Northern Lights, 2001, English translation of Severni sij, a 1984 Slovene novel by Drago Jančar
The Northern Lights, 2002, a biography of Norwegian scientist Kristian Birkeland, by Lucy Jago
A Northern Light, a 2003 historical novel by Jennifer Donnelly
Northern Lights, a 2009 romance novel by Nora Roberts

Films

Northern Lights (1978 film), a 1979 movie directed by John Hanson and Rob Nilsson
Northern Lights (1997 film), a 1997 movie starring Diane Keaton
Northern Light (film), a 2006 Dutch film
The Golden Compass (film), a 2007 film adaption of the 1995 Philip Pullman novel
Northern Lights (2009 film), a made-for-television film based on the 2009 novel by Nora Roberts

TV and radio

"Northern Lights Out", an episode of the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon TV series
"Northern Lights" (Dawson's Creek episode), a 2000 episode of the American TV series Dawson's Creek
Northern Lights (TV series), a 2006 UK comedy-drama series
Northern Lights (radio show), a Canadian radio music programme
Northern Lights, code name for the machine, on US drama Person of Interest

Music

"The Northern Lights of Old Aberdeen", a traditional folk song about Aberdeen, Scotland.
Northern Lights (Canadian band), a 1985 Canadian supergroup
Northern Lights (bluegrass band), an American bluegrass group
- Northern Lights (Northern Lights album), the self-titled debut album by the American bluegrass group
The Northern Lights, the name used by the Hootenanny Singers for an American LP release
Northern Light (Covenant album), 2002
Northern Light (Jon Christos album), 2005
Northern Lights (Sissel album), 2007
Northern Lights (Gareth Emery album), 2010
Northern Lights, a 1996 EP by Klaus Waldeck
"Northern Light" (song), a song by Basshunter
Northern Lights, a song by Australian punk duo DZ Deathrays
Northern Lights (song), a song by Renaissance from the 1978 album A Song for All Seasons
"Northern Lights", a 2005 single by Smith & Pledger
"Northern Lights", a song by Goldenhorse from the 2002 album Riverhead
"Northern Lights", a song by St. Vincent from the 2011 album Strange Mercy
"Northern Lights", a song by Megumi Hayashibara
"Northern Lights", a song by Timo Tolkki from the 1994 album Classical Variations and Themes
"Northern Lights", a song by Thirty Seconds to Mars from the 2013 album Love, Lust, Faith and Dreams
Toronto Northern Lights, a Canadian men's chorus
"Northern Lites", a 1997 song by Super Furry Animals from the album Guerrilla
Northern lights chord, from Ernst Krenek's Cantata for Wartime (1943)
Northern Lights – Southern Cross, a 1975 album by The Band

Ships, nautical

Northern Light (clipper), a clipper ship, perhaps the fastest clipper ship of all time
Northern Light (sternwheeler), a steamboat active on Puget Sound circa 1890
SS Northern Lights, American cargo ship

Other uses

Commissioners of Northern Lights. now called the Northern Lighthouse Board, the lighthouse authority for Scotland
County of Northern Lights, a municipal district in northwestern Alberta, Canada
Northern Light Group, an American knowledge management company specializing in search engine technology and strategic research portals
Northern Lights (cannabis), a strain of cannabis
Northern Lights College, in Dawson Creek, British Columbia, Canada
Northern Lights suplex, a move in professional wrestling
Northern Lights (train), a named train in the United Kingdom which runs from London to Aberdeen
Northern Lights (pipeline), a natural gas pipeline system in Russia and Belarus
Northern Lights (online game), a 1992 MUD, or text-based online role-playing game
Northern Light (spacecraft), a proposed space mission of Canada to Mars
The Northern Lights (whiskey), a blended Canadian whisky
Operation Northern Lights, a 2006 U.S. military operation in Iraq
Northern Lights, a codename for the second model of the eMac
Northern Lights Shopping Center, a former power center-style strip mall in Economy, Pennsylvania