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@leepetersen@alaskan.social · 2 weeks ago

A few more photos from the night of January 20, 2026. I have a blogpost up with more photos and timelapse footage from the night here: https://www.lwpetersen.com/photo-blog/aurora-continues-january-20-2026/

#Alaska #auroraborealis #northernlights

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Multiple green auroral bands and rays stretch across the sky above a line of snow-covered spruce trees. The bands appear layered and slightly blurred from motion, indicating rapid movement.

A bright green auroral corona hangs above a snow-covered spruce forest. Vertical rays converge toward a central point high in the sky, creating a dramatic radial pattern.

Green auroral bands separate into thinner strands and begin to shimmer, creating a rippling effect across the sky. The motion blur emphasizes rapid changes in shape and intensity.

The aurora fills nearly the entire sky with overlapping green bands and faint purple tones. The foreground shows snow-covered ground and spruce trees silhouetted against the light.

Aurora Continues – January 20, 2026

A strong geomagnetic storm carried over into January 20, 2026, producing an intense and rapidly evolving aurora display over the Goldstream Valley near Fairbanks, Alaska. Within minutes of arriving on the trail, bands and rays filled the sky and built into a prolonged overhead corona, one of the most sustained displays I’ve seen in years.

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