auroral chorus

auroral chorus
 n.— «Those sounds are now commonly known as atmospheric or natural radio, auroral chorus and VLF (“very low frequency” phenomena).» —“Guggenheim Scholar to Study Implications of ‘Atmospheric Radio’” UC Davis (California) Apr. 17, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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