Can Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis occur simultaneously?

Knowing that Aurora Borealis originates around the north pole and that Aurora Australis originates around the south pole. Can they occur simultaneously? and if not, what would it take for it to happen?|||The can and do. In fact, they always do.





This shouldn't come as a surprise, given the symmetry of magnetism (dipole).|||They can and they DO occur simultaneously. Always DO, given the symmetry of magnetism.





BUT, the bigger question is can person A observe one while person B observes the other? And the answer is barely.








Daytime sunlight nearly masks the Aurora's light, given that daylight is MUCH brighter.





AND, given that, except during transitional seasons, the arctic will have the opposite lighting and season of the antarctic regions, this means that a winter in the north is a summer in the south. So, with perpetual night in Finland, and perpetual day in Antarctica, its a bit difficult for the observation in Antarctica, yet it is rather easy to make the observation in Finland.|||As the others have said yes they do occur simultaneously. With winter in the Northern hemisphere the display is spectacular with a black sky back drop. Aurora Australis in the summer the sky is blue and hence the display will not have the contrast therefore will appear fainter|||In fact, they ALWAYS occur simultaneously.|||They always do.|||Yes