Northern Lights

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Contents 1 Literature 2 Film, television, and radio 3 Music 4 Other uses

Northern Lights is a common name for the aurora borealis (polar aurorae) in the Northern Hemisphere.

Northern Lights may also refer to:

[edit] Literature

• Northern Lights (novel), the first book (also known as The Golden Compass) in the His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman
• Northern Lights (Tim O'Brien novel), a 1975 novel by American author Tim O'Brien

[edit] Film, television, and radio

• Northern Lights (1997 movie), a 1997 movie starring Diane Keaton
• Northern Lights (1978 movie), a 1978 documentary directed by John Hanson
• Northern Light (film), a 2006 Dutch film

• Northern Lights (TV series), a 2006 UK comedy-drama series
• "Northern Lights Out", an episode of the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon TV series
• "Northern Lights" (Dawson's Creek episode), a 2000 episode of the American TV series Dawson's Creek

• Northern Lights (radio show), a Canadian radio music programme
• Northern Lights (radio drama), a 2003 radio drama adaptation of the Philip Pullman novel
• The Golden Compass (film), a 2007 film adaption of the Philip Pullman novel

[edit] Music

• Northern lights (rap group) Hip hop group consisting of WV & NY members
• Northern Lights (band), a 1985 Canadian supergroup
• Northern Light (album), a 2002 album by Covenant
• A 2006 compilation album by the Thai electronic musician Norsez
• A 1996 EP by Austrian musician Klaus Waldeck
  • A song by Waldeck from the 1998 album Balance of the Force
• A song by English band Renaissance from the 1978 album A Song for All Seasons
• A song by New Zealand band Goldenhorse from the 2002 album Riverhead
• A song by Japanese seiyū Megumi Hayashibara
• Toronto Northern Lights, a Canadian men's chorus
• "Northern Lites", a 1997 song by Super Furry Animals from the album Guerrilla
• A song by the US band The I in Team, "Screaming at the Northern Lights"

[edit] Other uses

• Northern Light (clipper ship), a clipper ship, perhaps the fastest clipper ship of all time
• Northern Light Group, an American knowledge management company named after the clipper ship
• Northern Lights College, in Dawson Creek, British Columbia, Canada
• Northern Lights No. 22, Alberta, a municipal district in northwestern Alberta, Canada
• Northern Lights International Airlines Ltd., a Canadian charter airline
• Northern Lights suplex, a move in professional wrestling
• Operation Northern Lights, an ongoing U.S. military operation in Iraq
• Northern Lights (strain), a strain of cannabis
• The Northern Lights, a named train in the United Kingdom which runs from London to Aberdeen
• Northern Lights Speakers’ Club, A public speaking club in London, associated with Toastmasters International