Beautiful aurora happening now! 1:11 am AKST near Fairbanks, Alaska.

Current view in Fairbanks, Alaska. Nice Aurora band stretching from east to west currently 10:46 PM -20°F.

This is how you know you’ve settled into a groove in the aurora workshop 😂

The total lunar eclipse last night from Fairbanks, Alaska with a searing bright aurora right overhead. Insane combo.

Incredible substorm with the lunar eclipse just now in Fairbanks, Alaska. Legendary.

Blood moon total lunar eclipse and aurora happening now in Fairbanks, Alaska!

Nice views tonight on our workshop! Finally have some respectable aurora :)

Clear skies and strong Bz South conditions! We are READY for the total lunar eclipse in Aurora tonight here in Fairbanks!

A little action in the solar wind right now… speed still low but if this Bz can keep moseying on down we’ll be in business for high latitudes!

Fairbanks, Alaska 403 am AKST March 2. Really tried for this one, but it technically counts! There was ZERO aurora before this moment tonight.

Woah! Stunning prominence lifting off the Sun’s northern limb. Spectacular eruption. No impacts to Earth anticipated.

Watching and waiting now with our workshop... Fairbanks is quiet, but there is a healthy arc pushing south over Yellowknife, so that is good news!

Arrived at our Airbnb last night where we will be hosting my fourth annual aurora chasing workshop here in Fairbanks, Alaska! Look at these STUNNING views! Even though it’s cold, the landscape is absolutely beautiful right now.

A chilly -35 F morning today in Fairbanks, Alaska! Our workshop is starting soon—just leaving to pick up guests now. Very excited to see what tonight’s aurora brings… hopefully some fireworks!

She said... yes! Last night's aurora tour had a surprise proposal, and Levi was there to capture the moment! Fairbanks looks absolutely majestic right now with the full moon, snowy trees, and beautiful aurora. Come join a tour with us! go.theauroraguy.com/levi

Beautiful evening… wow!

I love when people ask me “What is -40 F in C?” and the correct (yet slightly cheeky) answer is “Yes.” If you didn’t know, Fahrenheit and Celsius meet at -40. Right now outside my apartment, it’s -40!

How cold will it go… - 34 F (ish) outside my apartment currently! 10:11 pm in North Pole, Alaska… getting crazy cold!

Nice--aurora finally visible here in Fairbanks! Another cold night BELOW -40 F so if you are chasing be careful! The regular ASI link is down, so I am using the U Calgary SMILE ASI system which is linked on my webcam page: go.theauroraguy.com/webcams

Just a heads up, there is a chance for a CME impact sometime tonight or tomorrow from a small filament eruption on Wednesday. I don't expect much from this, but if you see an enhancement in the solar wind, this may be the reason why. #heliophysics

That moment when you go outside and say "Oh, it warmed up!" and you look and it is -28 F. Lol. For anyone that claims you can't feel any difference below -15 F or similar cold temps, I can tell you that is NOT true (at least for me)!

THIS is why we always recommend Fairbanks in March... look at this weather, clear skies for the next week and beyond! Thinking of a last-minute trip to Fairbanks? I have new resources on my website which will help you: Start here: theauroraguy.com/pages/how-to...

Clear skies are forecasted tonight over Fairbanks, and we have tour openings: 3 with Maia and 1 with Levi. If you or anyone you know needs an aurora tonight, we have you covered! Book soon: Maia: theauroraguy.com/pages/maias-... Levi: theauroraguy.com/pages/levis-...

Some active regions has rotated around the Sun's eastern limb... the sunspot number is ~ 50 now. Unfortunately, none of the bright active regions pose much threat for strong solar flares--they do not have much magnetic complexity.

Car bottomed out at -40 F this morning. Mignt have been closer to -45 F since the ice fog was thicker than yesterday.

Oof another cold one today to start things off! Back to back mornings below -40 here in North Pole!

So excited to hopefully capture the lunar eclipse with the aurora next week!

Nearest station to me this morning… yikes!

We finally have some sunspots! They aren't too impressive, but the sunspot number has now boosted to around 50. AR 4378 is ex-AR 4366 but it has decayed considerably. Even though AR 4379 did fire an M2.4 flare a couple days ago, it poses little threat for more activity...

Slower night so far for aurora here in Fairbanks, but good things come to those who wait! There is some faint aurora on the horizon (right) with arcs a bit further overhead at Toolik Lake (left). Substorms usually don't fire until 1-3 am here, so we need to let it cook!

Substorm starting over Yellowknife now, propagating from the east! Very bright aurora outshining the nearly-full moon. Impressive! go.theauroraguy.com/webcams

When an auroral substorm occurs out of nowhere while you are aurora chasing… pure magic!

Beautiful aurora last night over Fairbanks--check out the intense substorms that literally overpowered the light of the full moon! Tonight looks like it's going to be another fantastic night as well--cold and clear, and solar wind data are cooperating nicely. Can't wait!

Cold today!

Recording the trailing edge of the last substorm through my iPhone. 4k 30 fps, no filter or touch ups. It’s not the best video, but it gives a fairly accurate view of how the aurora looks to your naked eye. Let me know if you like these kinds of unedited, unscripted videos!

Massive substorm just now overhead here in Fairbanks! Very bright!

Happy to announce that I won 1st place best student oral space weather presentation last month at the American Meteorological Society meeting in Houston, Texas! My talk focused on aurora citizen science and is available on Zenodo: zenodo.org/records/1841...

Big substorm happening now in Fairbanks! Here’s the current view on my iPhone with the 0.5x lens—usually doesn’t capture much unless there’s some bright aurora!

Nice auroral activity happening out my front door here in North Pole, Alaska. Air temp approaching -30 F!

Impressive auroral activity tonight at high-latitudes! Love to see it! Tours are running and guests are happy :) and I am getting auroras from the front door of my apartment while I write some code to analyze auroral bead events for my thesis. Great night!

Aurora is going strong overhead here in Fairbanks! Left is a real-time view from Poker Flat; Right is a real-time view from Toolik Lake. North is towards the top. Webcams are crucial chase tools. View my list here: go.theauroraguy.com/webcams

Wow, aurora is out strong early here! I was having dinner in Fox and ran out to snap this iPhone shot. Air temp is -25 F.

There was a minor Earth-directed CME today associated with a C2.6 flare peaking at 2026-02-25 656 UT. An eruption is seen in EUV imagery. The estimated impact time is around Feb 28 9 UT +/- 7 hr, but it's only a glancing blow in the models. High uncertainty for this CME... #heliophysics

BOOM! Check out this all-sky view of the aurora from last night over Fairbanks, Alaska. A bright substorm lit up the sky. You can just make out the growth-phase arc as well from which auroral beads sprouted and led the show. From there it was a classic poleward expansion.

JUST NOW: M-flares return to the Earth-facing disk! An un-numbered active region rotating into view just fired off an M2.4 flare and CME. This region is a NEW region on the Sun's southeastern limb. The flare was occulted, so the actual magnitude may have been larger.

Beautiful aurora last night on Maia’s aurora tour in Fairbanks, Alaska—the cloud forecast was 100% and for three guests, this was their last night here after three nights of snowstorm. This was a great first aurora for them and now they can go home successful!

Current image of the sky at Poker Flat in Alaska (left) vs Rabbit Lake, SK (right). No aurora currently visible near Fairbanks, but that may change as we rotate under the auroral oval as has already happened in Rabbit Lake. The night is young, and the skies are clear (for now)!

PSA: If you are coming to Fairbanks and need an aurora tour, hotel recs, or travel help... email me! I am happy to provide some advice free of charge. [email protected]

Back down to THREE sunspots for February 24... we technically have NOT been spotless, but there are certainly no big active regions (or even numbered ones) on the Earth-facing disk right now. This dry spell should snap soon with the arrival of some lively ARs just behind the eastern limb now.

Grateful to have helped with this story and excited to join the CINEMA team helping out with MOVIE (Multi-platform Observations from Volunteers: Ionospheric Experiments). www.ssl.berkeley.edu/cinema-missi...