5 reasons you need to see the aurora
You’ve read about it, you’ve seen the pictures, it’s somewhere on your bucket list…. Well, here are 5 reasons why you really should go to see the aurora.
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Aurora wins Rutherford Communication Prize
Melanie Windridge wins the Institute of Physics’ Rutherford Plasma Physics Communication Prize for Aurora: In Search of the Northern Lights.
My best aurora… so far!
I recently returned from a trip to Canada with the Cloud Appreciation Society where I saw, and photographed, some beautiful aurora. It was a wonderful trip…
Sounds of the northern lights
This story by Martin Izzard got me thinking about the sounds of the aurora again – a mystery that is not completely solved.
Aurora wins ASLI Choice Award
Aurora: In Search of the Northern Lights won the Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI) Choice Award in the “popular” category for 2016. I’m delighted, and I just received the plaque!
The Northern Lights of Old Aberdeen
Brian Stanic introduces us to a traditional Scottish song about the aurora – The Northern Lights of Old Aberdeen.
Welsh Aurora & Dark Skies
Astronomer Huw James tells us about seeing the aurora from his home country of Wales and we learn about Dark Sky Sites in the UK.