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Another photo from last night over Fairbanks, Alaska. I wrote a bit about it on my website here (with more photos, of course): lwpetersen.com/photo-blog/janu…

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A wide arc of green aurora stretches diagonally across the night sky above a snow-covered boreal forest near Fairbanks, Alaska. The aurora appears brightest along the arc, with vertical streaks and soft, blurred edges showing motion during the exposure. Dark spruce trees and leafless shrubs form a jagged silhouette along the bottom of the image, their branches weighed down with snow. The sky is deep blue-gray with faint stars visible through thin cloud cover, and subtle hints of purple appear around the aurora.

January 19/20, 2026 Aurora - Lee Petersen

Last night, a fast coronal mass ejection struck Earth’s magnetosphere, triggering a strong geomagnetic storm and a widespread aurora display.
Lee Petersen
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