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	Geophysical Institute - Aurora Forecast - http://www.gedds.alaska.edu/AuroraForecast/ Daily during the winter. Summer has only forecasts when significant magnetic storms happen.
	Kjell Henriksen Observatory - http://kho.unis.no/ Optical observatory on Svalbard (Spitzbergen), associated with University of Alaska and University of Tromsø. Includes information about how to get there, data and observarions, and the history of the observatory.
	Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory - http://www.sgo.fi/ Observations and research related to northern lights, aeronomy, atmospheric chemistry, and related science.
	The Aurora Page - http://www.geo.mtu.edu/weather/aurora/ Offers an aurora forecast, related links, and image galleries.
	Northern Lights - http://www.northern-lights.no/ Image gallery, photo contests, regular updates, news. [English and Norwegian]

	Fast Auroral SnapshoT Explorer (FAST) - http://sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/fast/ Polar orbiting satellite for auroral studies.
	Auroras 2000.com : Presented by the Exploratorium - http://www.exploratorium.edu/auroras/ Guide to the Northern and Southern Lights. News, NASA images, forecasts, and background on the aurora.
	NOAA POES (Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellite) - http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/pmap/ Real-time auroral activity derived from satellite.
	Auroral Activity Index - http://www.sec.noaa.gov/pmap/index.html NOAA POES - Auroral Activity from NOAA/TIROS.
	Sondrestrom Research Facility - http://isr.sri.com/ Auroral observatory with a large complement of instruments (including incoherent scatter radar) on the west coast of Greenland.

	Home of the Northern Lights - http://climate.gi.alaska.edu/Curtis/aurora/aurora.html Image Gallery of aurora photos, instruction and tips for taking auroral photos
	Poker Flat Research Range - http://www.pfrr.alaska.edu/aurora/index.html Information for range users, real time data and images of aurora (only when it's dark in Alaska), and educational material on the aurora.
	Auroral photography - http://www.sgo.fi/Pictures/ Auroral photos from Sodankyla, Finland
	Tromsø Auroral Observatory - http://geo.phys.uit.no/index.html Articles about the Aurora and the Geomagnetic Field. [Norwegian, English, German]
	AuroraWatch - http://www.dcs.lancs.ac.uk/iono/aurorawatch/ Image gallery and explanations with updated solar activity chart.

	Secrets of the Polar Aurora - http://www.phy6.org/Education/aurora.htm 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.
	Polar Visible Imaging Investigations/Visible Imaging System - http://www-pi.physics.uiowa.edu/www/vis/ Real-time images from space, gallery of movies, data, instrument description.
	Alaska Science Forum: Aurora - http://www.gi.alaska.edu/ScienceForum/aurora.html Large article archive by a variety of authors offering explanations of phenomena related to aurora.
	Current POLAR UVI (Ultraviolet Imager) Image - http://uvisun.msfc.nasa.gov/UVI/current_image.html The entire auroral oval from space in real-time.
	Painted sky: the aurora - http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/istp/outreach/auroras.html Image gallery of auroral photos from the ground, from space, and graphics related to aurora.

	JHU/APL auroral particles and imaging - http://sd-www.jhuapl.edu/Aurora/ Stories, data from DMSP satellite, movies from space, links, publications.
	Automatic Geophysical Observatories - http://sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/atmos/data/ All-sky images and keagrams from South Pole.
	Aurora Borealis Page - http://personal.inet.fi/koti/tom.eklund/aurora.html Includes various image galleries, tips on spotting the lights, an FAQ, and related links.
	Aurora Borealis Photo - http://www.mosquitonet.com/~abp/ Offers prints for sale by Fairbanks, Alaska-based photographer Jack Finch. Galleries are organized by type and color.
	University of Calgary portable auroral imager - http://www.phys.ucalgary.ca/~trondsen/pai/ Data, images, and instrument description of a high resolution auroral imager.

	Asahi Beer Natural Science Classroom - http://gedds.pfrr.alaska.edu/Aurora/ Interactive lecture on the aurora; includes myths, images, and scientific facts.
	Latest IMAGE-WIC (wide-band imaging camera) image - http://sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/image/latest_wic.html Real-time images of the entire auroral oval from space.
	Aurora Gallery - http://spaceweather.com/aurora/gallery_all.html Photos from many photographers and places, sorted by auroral event.
	Auroral Image Gallery - http://odin.gi.alaska.edu/lumm/Pictures/ Auroral image gallery, including images from space.
	Comparative Aeronomy in the Solar System - http://www.bu.edu/csp/uv/cp-aeronomy/aeronomy-sol-sys.html Workshop, discussion group, links for topics related to aurora on other planets in the solar system.

	Saturn's Aurora - http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsdesk/archive/releases/1998/05/ High quality Hubble Space Telescope images.
	Proton Precipitation into the Atmosphere - http://www.bu.edu/csp/uv/proton/proton.html Workshops, discussion group, links.
	GEDDS Allsky Image Display - http://gedds.pfrr.alaska.edu/allsky/realtime.htm Real-time auroral images from Poker Flat, Alaska (during darkness in winter only).
	Borealis 2000 - http://borealis2000.com/ Photo gallery of aurora borealis, meteor showers, and planetary alignments hosted by photographer Dirk Obudzinski. Includes news and sky forecasts.
	Earth's Grand Light Show - http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/data/2001/11/01/html/ft_20011101.3.html National Geographic Magazine article on the aurora.

	Aurora Photo Gallery - http://reference.aol.com/space/auroras Photos of auroras, also know as the Northern Lights.
	Jupiter's Aurora - http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/captions/jupiter/aurora.htm Images taken by the Galileo spacecraft.
	Museum of time - http://www.angelfire.com/movies/timelapse/ Time lapse photography of aurora (Netherlands).
	Hubble Images of Jupiter's Aurora - http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/hst6.html Jupiter's auroral emissions and small auroral spots associated with the flux tube of jovian satellites.
	Yukon Aurora Forecast - http://www.auroraforecast.com/ Predictions updated every 15 minutes for the Yukon-Alaska area.

	Prime Focus-Iowa Aurora Borealis - http://www.primefocus-iowa.com/Aurora_Borealis.html Lots of nice pictures.
	How to Find and Photograph Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) - http://www.venhaus1.com/photographaurora.html Describes equipment, techniques, prediction of visibility. Includes a brief description of the phenomenon and some photographs.
	Aurora Urbanis - Northern Lights in Urban Landscapes - http://www.sebastiangreger.net/photo/auroraurbanis/ A photo series on the Northern Lights in the city of Tampere at Southern Finland
	Neptune Aurora - http://www.windows.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/tour.cgi?link=/neptune/magnetosphere/N_aurora.html There is even aurora on Neptune.
	Moray Skies - http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/astro_pics/index.html Auroral photos from Scottish photographer Richard Pearce. Includes related links.

	Aurora November 2001 - http://www-pw.physics.uiowa.edu/~krk/auroraNov_2001.html Pictures taken during the big storm on 5 November, 2001, in Iowa.
	Words About Aurora - http://odin.gi.alaska.edu/lumm/non-sci/RS_aurora.html References to the aurora borealis in Robert Service's poetic works.
	Uranus Aurora - http://www.windows.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/tour_def/uranus/magnetosphere/U_aurora.html Explanation of how aurora is different on Uranus
	Rice Space Institute Outreach - http://space.rice.edu/RSI/epolinks.html Links to educational space weather pages, including the "Museums Teaching Planet Earth".

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