According to the Alaska Travel Industry Association, the best time to see the northern lights is typically from Aug. 21 to April 21, also known as the aurora season. While the aurora can appear at ...

Far from it. In the 1980s, Japanese tourists began to travel to Alaska to see the northern lights, something that surprised and mystified many locals. Aurora borealis tourism has since gone on to ...

Several states across the northern U.S. have an opportunity to see aurora ... 2. Alaska and northern Canada will have the highest likelihood of seeing the northern lights, as a view line—marking ...

20 and 23 – is a particularly good time to be in Alaska for the northern lights. This day affords less daylight and more time to spot the aurora. Scientists say solar activity will continue to ...

Holiday hues of green and red flutter in the night sky over Glacier Bay in Alaska in a video of ... Also known as the “Northern Lights,” the aurora borealis forms when a “coronal mass ...

So much so that at the Borealis Basecamp in Fairbanks, Alaska, a 40-cabin resort devoted to aurora viewing, management informs guests before they arrive of the gulf they may witness between the ...

The northern lights surprise stargazers by appearing in many forms—from patches or scattered clouds, to streamers, arcs, rippling or dancing curtains. The lights move and change shape and color.

while more extensive tours like the Northern Alaska fly/drive Arctic Circle viewing tour begins at $269 per person. Self-guided driving tours at the Aurora Borealis Lodge cost $25 for adults and $ ...

This event may make the aurora borealis visible across several northern states in the US, Canada, and Alaska. To watch, find a spot with a clear view of the northern horizon, away from city lights.