Uploaded September 2019 | Updated September 2026, 9 hours ago
I've been chasing the Northern Lights in the Northern US and Southern Canada for 2 decades and have lots of pictures and video to share while I explain, as best I can, everything that I've learned and there's ALOT to cover!
In this episode I cover the Kp Index, with a little surprise. I recently traveled about 5 hours north to capture a recent display where the clouds finally departed and allowed me to make some new aurora timelapses.
Northern Lights can be triggered by a variety of things, but the two main triggers are Solar wind from a coronal hole facing Earth, or an Earth-directed Coronal Mass Ejection (CME).
A small armada of solar-watching satellites gather research and up-to-the-minute data on space weather. SOHO, SDO, GOES, ACE and DSCOVR are introduced in this video.
I also sneaked in a case study of the 2003 Halloween super geomagnetic storm and show how each of these satellites, and Earth, were affected. I'll be doing more case studies like this in future videos.
What's next? STEREO A & B, Perhaps WIND and ULYSSES, maybe. Reading solar wind parameters. Might even squeeze in Modeling Coronal Mass Ejections and a case study of the 2012 superstorm that missed Earth. Or that might go in part 4. Still in the imagination phase on that one.
#NorthernLights #Spaceweather #AuroraChasing
I've been chasing the Northern Lights in the Northern US and Southern Canada for 2 decades and have lots of pictures and video to share while I explain, as best I can, everything that I've learned and there's ALOT to cover!
In this episode I cover the Kp Index, with a little surprise. I recently traveled about 5 hours north to capture a recent display where the clouds finally departed and allowed me to make some new aurora timelapses.
Northern Lights can be triggered by a variety of things, but the two main triggers are Solar wind from a coronal hole facing Earth, or an Earth-directed Coronal Mass Ejection (CME).
A small armada of solar-watching satellites gather research and up-to-the-minute data on space weather. SOHO, SDO, GOES, ACE and DSCOVR are introduced in this video.
I also sneaked in a case study of the 2003 Halloween super geomagnetic storm and show how each of these satellites, and Earth, were affected. I'll be doing more case studies like this in future videos.
What's next? STEREO A & B, Perhaps WIND and ULYSSES, maybe. Reading solar wind parameters. Might even squeeze in Modeling Coronal Mass Ejections and a case study of the 2012 superstorm that missed Earth. Or that might go in part 4. Still in the imagination phase on that one.
#NorthernLights #Spaceweather #AuroraChasing
![Northern Lights over Minnesota - Labor Day 2019 September 2. [SHORTS] Aurora Borealis!](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hoC92bj3EIU/mqdefault.jpg "Northern Lights over Minnesota - Labor Day 2019 September 2. [SHORTS] Aurora Borealis!
Overnight September 1st and the early hours of September 2nd 2019 I drove up to the North Dakota and Minnesota border area near Hallock, MN to capture Northern Lights that were triggered by a coronal hole in the sun! Space weather is awesome! Check out my aurora forecasting series which will be getting an update shortly. https://youtu.be/3goZG_YKlCw
My Aurora Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLq9ZWaH8sGGxi28xy5nmszZZlm7bLwXhx
Enjoy this UHD 4k Aurora timelapse video!
Music: Space Chatter by Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions
Canon 6D Mark II Sigma 20mm f1.4 Art (wide open)
Modified Canon T3i Tamron 24-70mm f2.8
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