aurora borealis

it’s higher now! kp 7! Why the rain?!

if you have no clouds, you have aurora! Kp 6. Aurora reported in Ketchikan, Alaska! more rain and clouds in North Pole.

The Fairbanks, Juneau, and Anchorage areas are completely socked in with clouds and rain, but we do have some aurora reports. Homer, Alaska, Anacortes, Washington (north of Seattle)  Traverse City & Lake Superior Michigan, Northern Minnesota. Yellowknife has aurora but with clouds. If the clouds clear, we WILL see aurora in the interior of Alaska tonight. Current…

A beautiful photo taken in Antarctica this past week of Penguins and Aurora australis by Stefan Christmann. The story is interesting, and he also includes his camera settings! 

It has been a quiet time for aurora in the Fairbanks area the past few days. Low on the horizon displays have been seen in the late hours, and clouds have obscured most of it.  The forecast this weekend is more quiet displays low on the horizon, also more clouds and rain. We expect a…