The Alaska Aurora Borealis lights themselves are created by electrically charged particles, drawn to Earth’s atmosphere by the magnetic field of the North Pole. As the particles collide with the gases in Earth’s atmosphere, they become illuminated, creating the colorful aurora borealis. Although t...
Where will the northern lights be visible tonight? The northern lights will be visible for parts of the northern U.S., according to the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center's aurora forecast. The aurora will be visible over much of Canada and Alaska, but the northern lights can also be see...
Find out where and when to see the northern lights (aurora borealis) throughout Europe and North America in our helpful guide.
You'll never forget the first time you see the northern lights, a stunning natural phenomenon caused by charged particles from the sun colliding with atoms in Earth's atmosphere. The lights form an "auroral oval" over the geomagnetic North Pole, so they occur most frequently in any area with...
The Northern Lights zone, or oval, goes around the globe. As the globe spins, new locations are blessed with the mesmerising green rays. After Northern Norway, the lights move on to Iceland, then to Greenland and then on to parts of Northwestern Canada and Central Alaska. Some places along...
1. Where and when can you see the northern lights? The northern lights most commonly occur in latitudes between 60 and 75 degrees, meaning the northern parts of Finland, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Russia, Canada and Alaska as well as southern Greenland. In Finnish Lapland, the aurora bo...
In terms of the best time for the northern lights, the most action usually happens between 9 p.m. and 3 a.m., according to the Geophysical Institute of the University of Alaska Fairbanks. But remember to check local weather forecasts too because you won't be able to spot the aurora thr...
The northern auroral oval extends across northern Scandinavia, northern Iceland, central Canada, Alaska and northern Russia, around 2500km out from the geomagnetic pole. After around 75 degrees north you have to look south to see good displays, while on the North Pole itself at 90 degrees it’...
“Forest Of The Lights” By Marc Adamus Alaska, USA. Wandering around these forests coated in rime ice is one of the most magical experiences, but also one of the most difficult to capture. Temperatures are often in the minus 30s and negotiating the easily broken, crusty snow on snowshoe...
The Fox people of central North America feared the northern lights, believing them to be the souls of slain enemies ready to take revenge. A myth in many Inuit cultures says that the lights are the spirits of the dead playing ball with a walrus head or skull. However, for Alaska’s Nuni...