How many times have the Aurora Borealis formed over other points of the earth besides the north and south pole?

How many times have the Aurora Borealis formed over other points of the earth besides the North or South Pole?|||Well, for a start, the Aurora Borealis does not form over the south pole; that's the Aurora Australis ('boreal' means north, and 'austral' means south). The Aurora Borealis can only be seen from the northern hemisphere,


If you mean how often they are seen outside polar areas; the Aurorae are usually seen in high latitudes (above 40 deg N or S). This is because they occur as a reaction between the solar wind and the upper atmosphere, near the magnetic poles.





They can occasionally be seen from further south and north, usually low down near the horizon, and on very rare occasions can be seen over widespread areas as far as the tropics, after a very severe solar flare.





The wipedia ref is quite informative|||The aurora borealis can only be observed in the area around the North Pole, not the South Pole or somewhere else. This is because 'borealis' happens to mean 'north'. The phrase translates into English as 'northern lights' and they have to pertain to the north.