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The aurora borealis will be active and visible in parts of the U.S. from Friday, Sept. 2, to Monday, Sept. 5, according to forecasts from the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska ...
The aurora will be visible over much of Canada and Alaska, but the northern lights can also be seen from as far as 620 miles away if the conditions are right, NOAA says.
Northern lights usually dance in the sky for a few minutes and then slither off. Sometimes a display can last around 15 to 30 minutes or even a few hours. But that is unusual.
Ahtna, Incorporated, the Alaska Native corporation serving the region of Alaska where the HAARP site is located, was reportedly in talks to take over the facility administration contract from Marsh Creek, LLC. [12] In May 2014, the Air Force announced that the HAARP program would be shut down later in 2014.
Entrance to Poker Flat Research Range. The Poker Flat Research Range (PFRR) is a launch facility and rocket range for sounding rockets in the U.S. state of Alaska, located on a 5,132-acre (20.77 km 2) site at Chatanika, about 30 miles (50 km) northeast of Fairbanks and 1.5 degrees south of the Arctic Circle.
This is a list of all lighthouses in the U.S. state of Alaska as identified by the United States Coast Guard.There are eleven active lights in the state; the other five have been replaced by automated skeleton towers.
Colorful northern lights could be visible across several states Thursday night from the Pacific Northwest, upper Midwest and Northeast.. While most visible in Alaska and Canada, residents from ...
The United States Congress established the Geophysical Institute with an act approved on July 31, 1946, to study the aurora borealis, after auroral activity disrupted military communications during World War II. The funds from Congress were used to build the Geophysical Institute's main structure, which was finished in 1950.