Magnetism of the earth is the appearance of the aurora in the polar regions . Suppose a charge with a certain velocity into the area containing the magnetic field at an angle that is not perpendicular to the magnetic field . Shape of the particle turns into a spiral trajectory . Earth has a magnetic field with a direction out of the south pole ( geographic north pole of the earth ) and the entrance to the north ( south geographic pole of the earth ) . when charged particles from outer space enter earth with a certain angle , then the particles will move towards and across the Earth's poles . As long as the particles moving in a spiral trajectory , the particle has acceleration that emit electromagnetic waves . As it approaches the Earth's poles , the concentration of particles are large and electromagnetic waves very large and can be observed in the sky the earth's poles .
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