1 of 23
Aurora over Yellowknife, NWT, Canada, January 22, 2012.
Credit: AuroraMAX (http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/auroramax.html)
Latest image of aurora borealis above Yellowknife, NWT taken at 19:41 MST on January 22, 2012. AuroraMAX is a five-year educational and public outreach initiative that features live broadcast of the Northern Lights from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. The project is designed to raise awareness of the science of the Northern Lights, and how the Sun’s relationship with Earth can affect our daily lives. AuroraMAX will allow skywatchers to follow the intensity and frequency of the aurora borealis leading up to Solar Maximum (hence the name AuroraMAX). Solar Maximum, the most active period of the Sun’s 11-year cycle (which consequently produces the most active auroras), is expected to peak in 2013.
2 of 23
Aurora over Lapland, Finland.
Credit: Antti Pietikainen
Astrophotographer Antti Pietikainen took this aurora photo on Jan. 24, 2012 in Muonio, Lapland, Finland.
3 of 23
Aurora over Salla, Finnish-Lapland
Credit: B. Art Braafhart
Astrophotographer B. Art Braafhart took this picture of the aurora on Jan. 24, 2012, at Salla, Finnish-Lapland.
4 of 23
Aurora over Salla, Finnish-Lapland #2
Credit: B. Art Braafhart
Astrophotographer B. Art Braafhart got this image of the aurora Jan. 24, 2012, at Salla, Finnish-Lapland.
5 of 23
Aurora over Salla, Finnish-Lapland #3
Credit: B. Art Braafhart
Astrophotographer B. Art Braafhart got this image of the aurora Jan. 24, 2012, at Salla, Finnish-Lapland.
6 of 23
Aurora near Kiruna, Northern Sweden
Credit: Jens Buchmann
Astrophotographer Jens Buchmann took this aurora picture Jan. 24, 2012, near Kiruna, Sweden.
7 of 23
Auroras near Kiruna, Northern Sweden #2
Credit: Jens Buchmann
Astrophotographer Jens Buchmann took this aurora picture Jan. 24, 2012, near Kiruna, Sweden.
8 of 23
Auroras near Kiruna, Northern Sweden #3
Credit: Jens Buchmann
Astrophotographer Jens Buchmann took this aurora picture Jan. 24, 2012, near Kiruna, Sweden.
9 of 23
Aurora over Norway, January 22, 2012
Credit: Helge Mortensen
Astrophotographer Helge Mortensen photographed the aurora on Jan. 22, 2012, in Kattfjord outside Tromsø, Norway.
10 of 23
Aurora over Voss, Norway, January 22, 2012
Credit: Terje Nesthus
Astrophographer Terje Nesthus captured this panoramic image of the aurora over Voss, Norway, January 22, 2012.
11 of 23
Aurora over Ivalo, Northern Lapland, Finland
Credit: Andy Keen
Astrophotographer Andy Keen snapped the aurora over Ivalo, Northern Lapland, Finland, January 22, 2012.
12 of 23
Aurora over Tromsø, North Norway, January 22, 2012
Astrophotographer Bjørn Jørgensen captured the aurora over Grøtfjord, close to Tromsø, North Norway, January 22, 2012.
13 of 23
Aurora over Northern Norway, Jan. 22, 2012
Credit: Øystein Lunde Ingvaldsen
Astrophotographer Øystein Lunde Ingvaldsen took this photograph of the aurora over Northern Norway, Jan. 22, 2012
14 of 23
Aurora over Abisko National Park, Sweden
Credit: Chad Blakley
Chad Blakley captured the aurora in Abisko National Park, Sweden, Jan. 22, 2012.
15 of 23
Aurora over Norilsk, Russia, January 22, 2012
Credit: Pavel Kantsurov
Astrophotographer Pavel Kantsurov writes: "Dynamic and very short northern lights in Norilsk, Russia, Jan. 22, 2012, 15:30 UTC."
16 of 23
Aurora North of Poker Flats, Alaska #1
Credit: Roger M. Marty
Astrophotographer Roger M. Marty snapped the aurora north of Poker Flats, Alaska, January 22, 2012.
17 of 23
Aurora North of Poker Flats, Alaska #2
Credit: Roger M. Marty
Astrophotographer Roger M. Marty snapped the aurora north of Poker Flats, Alaska, January 22, 2012.
18 of 23
Aurora North of Poker Flats, Alaska #4
Credit: Roger M. Marty
Astrophotographer Roger M. Marty snapped the aurora north of Poker Flats, Alaska, January 22, 2012.
19 of 23
Aurora North of Poker Flats, Alaska #5
Credit: Roger M. Marty
Astrophotographer Roger M. Marty snapped the aurora north of Poker Flats, Alaska, January 22, 2012.
20 of 23
Auroral Glow Over Alaska, #6
Credit: Roger M. Marty
Astrophotographer Roger M. Marty snapped the aurora north of Poker Flats, Alaska, January 22, 2012.
21 of 23
Aurora North of Poker Flats, Alaska #7
Credit: Roger M. Marty
Astrophotographer Roger M. Marty snapped the aurora north of Poker Flats, Alaska, January 22, 2012.
22 of 23
Aurora Image from Aurora Sky Station in Abisko, Sweden
Credit: Aurora Sky Station
Aurora Sky Station in Abisko, Sweden, provides live images of auroras. This photo was taken automatically on Jan. 23, 2012.
23 of 23
Aurora Image from Aurora Sky Station in Abisko, Sweden #2
Credit: Aurora Sky Station
Aurora Sky Station in Abisko, Sweden, provides live images of auroras. This photo was taken automatically on Jan. 23, 2012.
