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Northern lights in Alaska?

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wojtekd Premium account Joined: Oct 02 Points: 74900 Posts: 411 Posted: 2008-06-02 21:08:00    Hi Globies Did you ever see aurora borealis? I did not... Can anybody confirm that I'll have my chance to see this phenomena if I'll stop for 2-3 days in Anchorage at the beginning of March? Any experience? Maybe I have to go to Fairbanks? Thanks Wojtek --- You can lose everything, but nobody will take away what you saw and what you experienced... W.D. Reply    Reply with quote    Contact wojtekd   christianj. Premium account Joined: Oct 02 Points: 6482 Posts: 69 Posted: 2008-06-03 16:39:00    Hi Wojtek, I remember that friends of us, living in Fairbanks, told us that you can see them frequently around spring and fall and that (for example) Fairbanks or Denali are a good place. But even in Anchorage you might have a good chance... Maybe these websites are helpful: http://gocalifornia.about.com/od/ak/a/nlights.htm http://www.geo.mtu.edu/weather/aurora/ Good luck, Christian --- Just SMILE - and the world smiles with you!! Reply    Reply with quote    Contact christianj.   bootlegga Premium account Joined: Jul 04 Points: 15194 Posts: 124 Posted: 2008-06-25 17:27:00    Anywhere north of 60 gives you a good chance to see the Northern Lights, as it occurs about 100 times a year (once every 3 three days or so) up there. Still, the farther north you are the more likely that you'll see it. A good website for Aurora info and prediction is this one; http://www.gedds.alaska.edu/AuroraForecast/ --- "Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness." – Mark Twain Reply    Reply with quote    Contact bootlegga   jimcolyer Joined: Nov 06 Points: 134 Posts: 6 Posted: 2008-07-30 05:45:00    I tried to see the lights from Alaska but missed them because of a full moon. --- Jim Colyer wrote Save The Planet. Reply    Reply with quote    Contact jimcolyer