Eye-Popping Aurora in Alaska

By Nancy Atkinson - April 1, 2014 at 4:42 PM UTC | Solar Astronomy
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For the past several years, astrophotographer John Chumack has lead a

tour to Alaska on how to photograph the northern lights and the night sky

, and this year was a great success. "We experienced perfect weather this year: 10 clear nights in a row, with an aurora display every night," John said via email. Last week,

we featured some of images

from this year's trip, but here are some additional images that are really amazing, plus John has put together a stunning timelapse from images he took on March 26, see below:

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Aurora Borealis coronal display near Fairbanks Alaska, on March 25, 2014. Credit and copyright: John Chumack.[/caption]

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Another image of the Aurora Borealis coronal display near Fairbanks Alaska, on March 25, 2014. Credit and copyright: John Chumack.[/caption]

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John Chumack stand under the Aurora Borealis near Fairbanks, Alaska on March 25, 2014. Credit and copyright: John Chumack. [/caption]

Find out more about John's Alaska aurora tour for 2015 here.

Nancy Atkinson

Nancy Atkinson

Nancy Atkinson is a space journalist and author with a passion for telling the stories of people involved in space exploration and astronomy. She is currently retired from daily writing, but worked at Universe Today for 20 years as a writer and editor. She also contributed articles to The Planetary Society, Ad Astra (National Space Society), New Scientist and many other online outlets.

Her 2019 book, "Eight Years to the Moon: The History of the Apollo Missions,” shares the untold stories of engineers and scientists who worked behind the scenes to make the Apollo program so successful, despite the daunting odds against it. Her first book “Incredible Stories From Space: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Missions Changing Our View of the Cosmos” (2016) tells the stories of 37 scientists and engineers that work on several current NASA robotic missions to explore the solar system and beyond.

Nancy is also a NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador, and through this program, she has the opportunity to share her passion of space and astronomy with children and adults through presentations and programs. Nancy's personal website is nancyatkinson.com