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.
Astrophotographer Antti Pietikainen took this aurora photo on Jan. 24, 2012 in Muonio, Lapland, Finland.
Astrophotographer B. Art Braafhart took this picture of the aurora on Jan. 24, 2012, at Salla, Finnish-Lapland.
Astrophotographer B. Art Braafhart got this image of the aurora Jan. 24, 2012, at Salla, Finnish-Lapland.
Astrophotographer B. Art Braafhart got this image of the aurora Jan. 24, 2012, at Salla, Finnish-Lapland.
Astrophotographer Jens Buchmann took this aurora picture Jan. 24, 2012, near Kiruna, Sweden.
Astrophotographer Jens Buchmann took this aurora picture Jan. 24, 2012, near Kiruna, Sweden.
Astrophotographer Jens Buchmann took this aurora picture Jan. 24, 2012, near Kiruna, Sweden.
Astrophotographer Helge Mortensen photographed the aurora on Jan. 22, 2012, in Kattfjord outside Tromsø, Norway.
Astrophographer Terje Nesthus captured this panoramic image of the aurora over Voss, Norway, January 22, 2012.
Astrophotographer Andy Keen snapped the aurora over Ivalo, Northern Lapland, Finland, January 22, 2012.
Astrophotographer Bjørn Jørgensen captured the aurora over Grøtfjord, close to Tromsø, North Norway, January 22, 2012.
Astrophotographer Øystein Lunde Ingvaldsen took this photograph of the aurora over Northern Norway, Jan. 22, 2012
Chad Blakley captured the aurora in Abisko National Park, Sweden, Jan. 22, 2012.
Astrophotographer Pavel Kantsurov writes: "Dynamic and very short northern lights in Norilsk, Russia, Jan. 22, 2012, 15:30 UTC."
Astrophotographer Roger M. Marty snapped the aurora north of Poker Flats, Alaska, January 22, 2012.
Astrophotographer Roger M. Marty snapped the aurora north of Poker Flats, Alaska, January 22, 2012.
Astrophotographer Roger M. Marty snapped the aurora north of Poker Flats, Alaska, January 22, 2012.
Astrophotographer Roger M. Marty snapped the aurora north of Poker Flats, Alaska, January 22, 2012.
Astrophotographer Roger M. Marty snapped the aurora north of Poker Flats, Alaska, January 22, 2012.
Astrophotographer Roger M. Marty snapped the aurora north of Poker Flats, Alaska, January 22, 2012.
Aurora Sky Station in Abisko, Sweden, provides live images of auroras. This photo was taken automatically on Jan. 23, 2012.
Aurora Sky Station in Abisko, Sweden, provides live images of auroras. This photo was taken automatically on Jan. 23, 2012.
