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Auroras


Aurora over Hella, Iceland
If you don’t live in Alaska or Iceland, you can improve your chances of seeing an aurora — and maximize your amount of sleep — by monitoring the level of geomagnetic activity.

Rayed auroral band
Photographing the aurora is not that difficult, but it does require a combination of the correct lens, the proper ISO (film) speed, the right exposure, and (of course) a cooperative auroral display.

All-sky aurora
Want to see an aurora? In this introduction to auroral phenomena, an expert explains what to look for, when, and how.

Auroral curtains
Although forecasting an aurora remains an inexact science, here are several Web sites that go out on a limb and predict when an aurora might be imminent.



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