Will you see the aurora tonight? A live hourly score from NOAA activity, clouds, darkness and the moon.
Poker Flat Research Range, Alaska, USA · Seasonal
Colour all-sky camera about 35 km north-east of Fairbanks; no new frames in the bright summer nights. Credit: Spanswick & Donovan (2025), SMILE All Sky Imager Dataset, University of Calgary, doi:10.11575/QKVX-TH24.
Toolik Lake, Brooks Range, Alaska · Seasonal
Colour all-sky camera on the Alaskan tundra, north of the Arctic Circle; no new frames from about April to August, when the nights stay bright. Credit: Spanswick & Donovan (2025), SMILE All Sky Imager Dataset, University of Calgary, doi:10.11575/QKVX-TH24.
Poker Flat Research Range, Chatanika, Alaska · Seasonal
Scientific all-sky camera at the rocket range; only meaningful after dark. The SMILE all-sky imager at the same site is shown on our pages.
Toolik Field Station, northern Alaska · Seasonal
All-sky camera north of the Brooks Range, under the auroral oval. The SMILE all-sky imager at the same site is shown on our pages.
Fairbanks area, Alaska, USA · Seasonal
A new live stream starts each night; the exact location is not published.
Fairbanks, Alaska, USA · Seasonal
Faces the northern sky; most active from autumn to early spring, after midnight.
