Aurora is the optical manifestation of energetic particles that penetrate a planet's atmosphere from the space above the atmosphere. Aurora occurs on both hemispheres on Earth at high latitudes, but is also found on other planets.
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Aurora borealis forecasts.
Offers prints for sale by Fairbanks, Alaska-based photographer Jack Finch. Galleries are organized by type and color.
Photos from many photographers and places, sorted by auroral event.
Pictures taken during the big storm on 5 November, 2001, in Iowa.
Offers an aurora forecast, related links, and image galleries.
Project to study the sounds and acoustical effects related to geomagnetic storms and aurora borealis.
Stories, data from DMSP satellite, movies from space, links and publications, from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory.
Guide to the Northern and Southern Lights. News, NASA images, forecasts, and background on the aurora.
Image gallery and explanations with updated solar activity chart.
All-sky images and keagrams from South Pole.
Photo gallery of aurora borealis, meteor showers, and planetary alignments hosted by photographer Dirk Obudzinski. Includes news and sky forecasts.
Polar orbiting satellite for auroral studies.
Describes equipment, techniques, prediction of visibility. Includes a brief description of the phenomenon and some photographs.
Optical observatory on Svalbard (Spitzbergen), associated with University of Alaska and University of Tromsø. Includes information about how to get there, data and observarions, and the history of the observatory.
Real-time images of the entire auroral oval from space.
Time lapse photography of aurora (Netherlands).
There is even aurora on Neptune.
Real-time auroral activity derived from satellite.
Image gallery of auroral photos from the ground, from space, and graphics related to aurora.
High quality Hubble Space Telescope images.
Detailed overview of the polar aurora, including where to see it, its causes, its relation to solar and interplanetary phenomena, the type of light, artificial auroras.
Observations and research related to northern lights, aeronomy, atmospheric chemistry, and related science.
Auroral observatory with a large complement of instruments (including incoherent scatter radar) on the west coast of Greenland.
Articles about the Aurora and the Geomagnetic Field. [Norwegian, English, German]
Explanation of how aurora is different on Uranus
Documentary video examining the phenomenon of the northern lights or aurora borealis.
(November 01, 2001)
There is even aurora on Neptune.
Explanation of how aurora is different on Uranus
High quality Hubble Space Telescope images.
Aurora borealis forecasts.
Image gallery and explanations with updated solar activity chart.
Project to study the sounds and acoustical effects related to geomagnetic storms and aurora borealis.
Stories, data from DMSP satellite, movies from space, links and publications, from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory.
Time lapse photography of aurora (Netherlands).
Articles about the Aurora and the Geomagnetic Field. [Norwegian, English, German]
Real-time auroral activity derived from satellite.
Optical observatory on Svalbard (Spitzbergen), associated with University of Alaska and University of Tromsø. Includes information about how to get there, data and observarions, and the history of the observatory.
Offers an aurora forecast, related links, and image galleries.
Offers prints for sale by Fairbanks, Alaska-based photographer Jack Finch. Galleries are organized by type and color.
Pictures taken during the big storm on 5 November, 2001, in Iowa.
Polar orbiting satellite for auroral studies.
Photo gallery of aurora borealis, meteor showers, and planetary alignments hosted by photographer Dirk Obudzinski. Includes news and sky forecasts.
Guide to the Northern and Southern Lights. News, NASA images, forecasts, and background on the aurora.
Real-time images of the entire auroral oval from space.
All-sky images and keagrams from South Pole.
Photos from many photographers and places, sorted by auroral event.
Observations and research related to northern lights, aeronomy, atmospheric chemistry, and related science.
Detailed overview of the polar aurora, including where to see it, its causes, its relation to solar and interplanetary phenomena, the type of light, artificial auroras.
Describes equipment, techniques, prediction of visibility. Includes a brief description of the phenomenon and some photographs.
Auroral observatory with a large complement of instruments (including incoherent scatter radar) on the west coast of Greenland.
Image gallery of auroral photos from the ground, from space, and graphics related to aurora.
Documentary video examining the phenomenon of the northern lights or aurora borealis.
(November 01, 2001)
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