{"id":588209,"date":"2026-08-09T19:06:28","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T19:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/588209\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T19:06:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T19:06:28","slug":"are-the-southern-lights-as-cool-as-the-northern-lights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/588209\/","title":{"rendered":"Are the Southern Lights as Cool as the Northern Lights?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Guests are encouraged to purchase tickets in advance, as tickets purchased online help streamline admission and reduce wait times during busy nights. Pre-purchasing is especially helpful on Thursdays through Sundays and from the second week in December through Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>Admission costs $35 per carload. Checking the festival website before visiting can provide updated information about operating hours, safety guidelines and special events.<\/p>\n<p>Whether you&#8217;re watching the aurora australis above Antarctica or driving through a holiday village filled with over a million sparkling lights, the southern lights can refer to two very different experiences. One is powered by the sun and Earth&#8217;s magnetic field, while the other celebrates the joy and warmth of the holiday season.<\/p>\n<p>We created this article in conjunction with AI technology, then made sure it was fact-checked and edited by a HowStuffWorks editor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Guests are encouraged to purchase tickets in advance, as tickets purchased online help streamline admission and reduce wait&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":588210,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[246,61,60,82],"class_list":["post-588209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=588209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/588210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}