Poker Flat all-sky camera
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.
Poker Flat all-sky camera
Poker Flat Research Range, Chatanika, Alaska
About this camera
Poker Flat all-sky camera is a webcam shown on the operator's own site in Poker Flat Research Range, Chatanika, Alaska, United States, run by University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute. It is an all-sky camera: a fisheye lens looks straight up, so the whole sky is in the frame and the horizon runs round the edge.
Over many years, aurora shows on about 55% of clear, dark nights at this camera's magnetic latitude (65°). That is a long-term average, not a forecast: tonight's chance is next to the camera.
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