Winter is the best time of year to visit alaska and see the northern lights.
Are there northern lights in alaska in may.
Here in alaska we are fortunate to see the northern lights often once the skies are dark enough in the fall and continuing through spring.
The aurora borealis also known as the northern lights is a natural light display usually seen in high latitude areas norway iceland alaska and northern canada are among destinations known.
From november through march you can expect snow and cold dark winter nights that get longer approaching the winter solstice on december 21st.
While the longest nights occur around the solstice february is an ideal time to visit alaska in the winter.
There will be nightly displays of northern lights right through until solar maximum returns in 2024.
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The northern lights or aurora borealis is one of the most amazing things to do in alaska.
Polar lights appear in the skies when charged solar particles interact with the atmosphere.
In fact the area of interior alaska from denali north to fairbanks and fort yukon is perhaps the best place on earth to watch the aurora.
In a rare atmospheric shift earth s seasonal aurora borealis otherwise known as the northern lights will be visible to some northern states in the.
Alaska northern lights.
The real trick is finding clear skies.
The northern lights may be visible in wisconsin monday night but you ll have to get away from city lights some wisconsinites may be able to see the northern lights monday night especially those.
Each year the fur rendezvous festival and iditarod race offer.
The northern lights are more formally known as auroras and are caused by interactions between the solar wind and the earth s magnetic field.
It may be cold in winter.
Alaska s northern lights season is between mid september and late april peaking in march though it s a season defined more by its long dark nights than by solar activity.