These past couple weeks have been great for aurora watchers in Alaska, mainly the Fairbanks area. Ronn Murray Photography (now called The Aurora Chasers) captured the northern lights of Feb 18/19 in this stunning video “Alaska’s Epic Northern Lights” There are some auroras that are good, and some that mean something to someone….the auroras of…
Here is a great read about how to forecast the aurora from Astronomynorth.com. They updated their website, but the original website article stated: “this means in the North it is very rare that you will see NOTHING in the sky over the course of 24 hours”. We do see the aurora all the time in…
The aurora came out for Christmas Eve in a little show, then came back a couple hours later in a dancing display. It lasted all night long, however it was faded at times. It was mostly green. Almost the whole state saw it, where the weather was clear. Aurora photos galore can be seen on…
The aurora has strengthened again and can be seen in most of the state where it is clear. This includes the Fairbanks areas, Anchorage, Homer, JBER, Kenai, Wasilla, Palmer, and more. Kp 1, with a great southward Bz of 9.1nT. Time of this post: 2:15am. Merry Christmas from North Pole, Alaska! Post by Aurora…
1:40am overhead in the Fairbanks areas, we have auroras toward the north. A quiet green display. Kp 1. Temp -27F. The aurora made a brief appearance earlier in the evening as well. In North Pole, it was mixed with clouds and fog.
