Posts Tagged ‘aurora borealis’

Northern Lights Timelapse – Next Best Thing to Being There

There are few sights as mystifying as the aurora borealis, aka the Northern Lights.  If you get to see the Northern Lights in person, you are one lucky traveler.  If you can’t get there just yet (or if you can’t wait to go back!) this amazing Northern Lights timelapse video is the next best thing to [...]

Watch for Ramped Up Aurora Activity This Week

Right now, Earth is experiencing an amazing natural event — one you may not even have noticed if you haven’t been looking directly at the sun, as your mother wisely warned. A very large sunspot has been tracking across our nearest star and is about to face directly toward our planet. Known as AR1476, the [...]

Northern Lights: Nature’s Winter Magic

Few natural wonders are as moving as an encounter with the mystical northern lights. One of the best places to see them is Churchill, Canada, now and in the weeks just ahead.