The Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) with the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has issued a G3 (Strong) Geomagnetic Storm Watch for October…
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Night sky beauty from the old ‘drag strip’
By Rick Nowell, College of the Rockies The Leonid Meteor Shower rapidly approached us on Sunday night/ Monday morning, Nov 16/17, when the Earth passed…
Colours of a solar max
By Rick Nowell Here are some photos of the Aurora Borealis taken early Tuesday morning (August 26), just north of Cranbrook. The green glow is caused…
Arts Station Lantern Festival returns
Coming this November 22 is the biennial Arts Station Lantern Festival! The theme this year is Northern Lights continuing in the tradition of 2010’s Art…
Hunting the Northern Lights
Under Swansea By Bob Ede It is not uncommon to get auroras in our neck of the woods (East Kootenay), but when we do they…
CME’s glancing blow brings northern lights
I took these photos of the northern lights from the College of the Rockies in Cranbrook at 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday night, Sept 4. Most…