Auroras are caused by
A) gases fluorescing in the atmosphere because of collisions with solar wind particles.
B) the magnetosphere of Earth touching its atmosphere.
C) the ozone layer being destroyed by UV light.
D) the atmospheric greenhouse effect.
E) the scattering of sunlight from particles in Earth's stratosphere.

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Auroras occur when charged particles from the solar wind collide with gases in Earth's atmosphere, causing them to fluoresce and emit light.

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