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Websites and resources about Astronomy - Aurora

The Aurora Page
Gallery and links.
http://www.geo.mtu.edu/weather/aurora/

Auroral Image Gallery
Auroral image gallery, including images from space.
http://odin.gi.alaska.edu/lumm/Pictures/

Aurora Discussion Forum
Tips for aurora photography, and discussion on recent observations of aurora.
http://www.spacew.com/aurora/forum.html

Sodankyl%c3%a1¤ Geophysical Observatory
Observations and research related to northern lights, aeronomy, atmospheric chemistry, and related science.
http://www.sgo.fi/

Aurora Borealis Photo
Image Gallery, aurora photos for sale.
http://www.mosquitonet.com/~abp/

Aurora from Scotland
Image Gallery with auroral photos from Scotland
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/astro_pics/index.html

Alaska Science Forum: Aurora
News, stories, explanations of phenomena related to aurora
http://www.gi.alaska.edu/ScienceForum/aurora.html

Home of the Northern Lights
Image Gallery of aurora photos, instruction and tips for taking auroral photos
http://climate.gi.alaska.edu/Curtis/aurora/aurora.html

Auroral photography
Auroral photos from Sodankyla, Finland
http://www.sgo.fi/Pictures/

Northern Lights
Image gallery, photo contests, regular updates, news. (english and norwegian)
http://www.northern-lights.no/

Aurora in Robert Service poems
Poetic descriptions of aurora by Robert Service
http://odin.gi.alaska.edu/lumm/non-sci/RS_aurora.html

Auroral Station in Adventdalen
Observatory on Svalbard (Spitzbergen), associated with University of Alaska and University of Troms%c3%a1¸.
http://haldde.unis.no/

Painted sky: the aurora
Image gallery of auroral photos from the ground, from space, and graphics related to aurora.
http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/istp/outreach/auroras.html

University of Calgary portable auroral imager
Data, images, and instrument description of a high resolution auroral imager.
http://www.phys.ucalgary.ca/~trondsen/pai/

Sondrestrom Research Facility
Auroral observatory with a large complement of instruments (including incoherent scatter radar) on the west coast of Greenland.
http://isr.sri.com/

Aurora Borealis
Image gallery and description of aurora (finnish and english). Phototips, sales of images.
http://spaceweb.oulu.fi/~jussila/aurora/

AuroraWatch UK gallery
Image gallery of auroral images from the UK.
http://www.aurorawatch.york.ac.uk/gallery/

Museum of time
Time lapse photography of aurora (Netherlands).
http://www.angelfire.com/movies/timelapse/

Millstone Hill Observatory
The Millstone Hill Observatory, located in Westford, Massachusetts, is a broad-based atmospheric sciences research facility.
http://www.haystack.edu/homepage.html

Troms%c3%a1¸ Auroral Observatory
Some Articles about the Aurora and the Geomagnetic Field (norwegian, english, german).
http://geo.phys.uit.no/index.html

NOAA POES (Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellite)
Real-time auroral activity derived from satellite.
http://www.sel.noaa.gov/pmap/

Proton Precipitation into the Atmosphere
Workshops, discussion group, links.
http://www.bu.edu/csp/uv/proton/proton.html

GEDDS Allsky Image Display
Real-time auroral images from Poker Flat, Alaska (during darkness in winter only).
http://gedds.pfrr.alaska.edu/allsky/realtime.htm

Geophysical Institute - Aurora Forecast
Daily during the winter. Summer has only forcasts when significant magnetic storms happen.
http://www.gi.alaska.edu/cgi-bin/predict.cgi

Automatic Geophysical Observatories
All-sky images and keagrams from South Pole.
http://sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/atmos/data/

About Auroras
Concise introduction to the phenomena that are the lights in the sky.
http://www.harmsy.freeuk.com/auroras.html

Auroras 2000.com : Presented by the Exploratorium
Guide to the Northern and Southern Lights. News, NASA images, forecasts, and background on the aurora.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/auroras/

Jupiter's Aurora
Images taken by the Galileo spacecraft.
http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/captions/jupiter/aurora.htm

JHU/APL auroral particles and imaging
Stories, data from DMSP satellite, movies from space, links, publications.
http://sd-www.jhuapl.edu/Aurora/

Latest IMAGE-WIC (wide-band imaging camera) image
Real-time images of the entire auroral oval from space.
http://sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/image/latest_wic.html

Current POLAR UVI (Ultraviolet Imager) Image
The entire auroral oval from space in real-time.
http://uvisun.msfc.nasa.gov/UVI/current_image.html

Polar Visible Imaging Investigations/Visible Imaging System
Real-time images from space, gallery of movies, data, instrument description.
http://www-pi.physics.uiowa.edu/www/vis/

Fast Auroral SnapshoT Explorer (FAST)
Polar orbiting satellite for auroral studies.
http://sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/fast/

Auroral Image of the Day
X-ray images of the auroral oval from space (PIXIE on POLAR)
http://pixie.spasci.com/pixie/homepage/img_dir/image_of_the_day.html

Jupiter Auroral Campaign
Hubble Space Telescope images of the jovian aurora.
http://www.sprl.umich.edu/cassinihstjupiterflyby/

Hubble Images of Jupiter's Aurora
Jupiter's auroral emissions and small auroral spots associated with the flux tube of jovian satellites.
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/hst6.html

Rice Space Institute Outreach
.
http://space.rice.edu/RSI/epolinks.html

Saturn's Aurora
Hubble Space Telescope images.
http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/pr/1998/05/

Saturn's Aurora
Hubble Image.
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/saturn/hst20.html

Borealis 2000
Photo gallery of aurora borealis, meteor showers, and planetary alignments hosted by photographer Dirk Obudzinski. Includes news and sky forecasts.
http://borealis2000.com/

Learning About the Aurora
A scientific description of auroral processes based on current research. Written for high school- and college-level students.
http://sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/~cyclopi/lesson1.html

Uranus Aurora
Explanation of how aurora is different on Uranus
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/tour_def/uranus/magnetosphere/U_aurora.html

Prime Focus-Iowa Aurora Borealis
Lots of nice pictures.
http://www.primefocus-iowa.com/Aurora_Borealis.html

Neptune Aurora
There is even aurora on Neptune.
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/tour.cgi?link=/neptune/magnetosphere/N_aurora.html

Auroral Activity Index
NOAA POES - Auroral Activity from NOAA/TIROS.
http://www.sec.noaa.gov/pmap/index.html

Asahi Beer Natural Science Classroom
Interactive lecture on the aurora (english, spanish, japanese).
http://gedds.pfrr.alaska.edu/Aurora/

Aurora November 2001
Pictures taken during the big storm on 5 November, 2001, in Iowa.
http://www-pw.physics.uiowa.edu/~krk/auroraNov_2001.html

Auroral Audibility
Can you hear the sound of the aurora?
http://www.phys.ucalgary.ca/satellites/html/aur_sound.html

Earth's Grand Light Show
National Geographic Magazine article on the aurora.
http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/data/2001/11/01/html/ft_20011101.3.html

Aurora, Aurora Borealis, Northern Lights, Revontulet Page by Tom Eklund
Aurora Borealis images, information, and links. Many links to photographers.
http://personal.inet.fi/koti/tom.eklund/aurora.html

Aurora Gallery
Photos from many photographers and places, sorted by auroral event.
http://spaceweather.com/aurora/gallery_all.html

How to Find and Photograph Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
Describes equipment, techniques, prediction of visibility. Includes a brief description of the phenomenon and some photographs.
http://www.venhaus1.com/photographaurora.html

Secrets of the Polar Aurora
Detailed overview of the polar aurora, including where to see it, its causes, its relation to solar and interplanetary phenomena, the type of light, artificial auroras.
http://www.phy6.org/Education/aurora.htm

Yukon Aurora Forecast
Predictions updated every 15 minutes for the Yukon-Alaska area.
http://www.birchwoodtours.com/?cid=53§ion=aurora&isModule=True

Comparative Aeronomy in the Solar System
Workshop, discussion group, links for topics related to aurora on other planets in the solar system.
http://www.bu.edu/csp/uv/cp-aeronomy/aeronomy-sol-sys.html

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