What a great night for northern lights! The lights lit up the entire sky, every direction, and in so many colors and shapes. All these photos were taken right from my yard in North Pole, Alaska. For more photos, see the Facebook page at facebook.com/ABNFNSB
Fairbanks, get outside and check out the northern lights. Kp 4. Great show!
The CME was late to arrive on Saturday morning right before the sun came up in Fairbanks. The entire interior of Alaska had overcast skies preventing us from seeing any potential show. The Kp level rose to 5 on Saturday. Parts of Europe did see a show as it was their nighttime.
Tonight, the forecast is active. We are awaiting arrival of the CME, which could produce a good aurora show! Expect auroras throughout Alaska if your weather is clear, and all the other factors line up. No one knows the time. It could be at nightfall, midnight, or not at all. Just look up to the…
Fairbanks, Alaska and the surrounding region of interior and northern Alaska, is underneath the aurora oval. The aurora oval is the constant halo around the earth’s geomagnetic poles, both north and south. The locations on earth underneath the aurora oval would be considered the best places to see the aurora from. This is because the…
