Best of the Cam

On this page you will find the all-time greatest shots the Aurora Cam has taken!

2022

2021

  • aurora cam!
  • aurora band overhead with a few clouds
  • big bright aurora
  • purple aurora south facing aurora
  • proton arc with faint aurora and stars
  • gorgeous low aurora with milky way
  • massive aurora purple stars no moon
  • severe light pollution from the city of North Pole and their new streetlights

2020

  • summer time aurora
  • great aurora show with moonlight lighting up the snowy trees
  • great shots from the aurora cam

2019

  • rayed bands
  • entire sky filled with aurora
  • overhead swirl
  • bands and curtains
  • dancing curtains
  • huge bright aurora
  • overhead and south facing aurora bands and swirls
  • owl sitting on the webcam

2018

  • aurora super low on the horizon not seen with the naked eye. Dark starry sky.
  • fantastic show to the south
  • scattered looking aurora over the whole sky
  • 7am aurora as the sun is rising

2017


  • aurora seen with light pillars seen below (from man made light source)
  • big show with colorful curtains
  • great aurora being covered by an icy lens on the cam
  • aurora band, dark sky, and city lights
  • diffuse aurora against the dark sky

2016

  • Webcam pole, camera below it for maintenance
  • spider!
  • May 2, 2016 just after midnight, aurora seen against the midnight sun
  • before the sunrise, aurora was all over the sky
  • colors of the aurora are seen with the naked eye
  • Aurora and moon with ice on the cam
  • big show
  • bending band
  • a select photo from the webcam over North Pole Alaska

2015

panorama of the webcam photo April 15, 2015

panorama of the webcam photo
panorama of the webcam photo
  • snowy sky, snow covered cam, moon
  • aurora swirls brightly seen
  • large bright bands
  • purples seen to the north, with greens to the south
  • northern rays and overhead bands
  • southern sky aurora rayed bands and curtains
  • super bright aurora
  • deeply bright aurora against a starry sky
  • corona overhead
  • aurora brightly seen with the moon
  • thin bright band seen with the moon
  • unique aurora shapes with wispy clouds
  • beautiful colors seen all over the sky
  • gorgeous deep colored curtains
  • bird flying over the cam
  • ice covers the cam lens with bright aurora bands