LIVE FORECAST · NOAA SWPC
Is it out tonight? — live.
Bz —solar wind —live · updates 5-min
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KP · LIVE NOW
THE KP ARCHIVE · 1932 → TODAY
94 years of storms, month by month.
every month · its own pageGFZ · refreshed daily
May 2024 · the Gannon storm — Kp 9.0
NIGHT PLANNER · TONIGHT · TROMSØ
Tonight, decided in one glance.
moon —dark window no true dark.ics export
18:0008:00
TRIP PLANNER · WHERE & WHEN
Plan the trip with the highest chance.
6 questionsbest base of 70Kp odds since 1932
TRIP ODDS BY REACH
Stay put
0 km
34%
Drive 1 h
≤70 km
48%
Drive 3 h
≤180 km
82%
Chase anywhere
no limit
97%
Kp is planetary — reach buys independent skies.
HUNT MODE · FIELD SCREEN
Red light only — keep your night vision.
one-tap field UIworks offline
KP NOW
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BZ
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MOON
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PEAK
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DARK WINDOW REMAINING
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LIVE SIGHTINGS · SEEN RIGHT NOW
The community sky, right now.
community photosBluesky · newest first
reading the sky…
EXPEDITIONS · 2013 → 2026
Eleven journeys — and counting.
11 journeys3 countries73 frames kept
2013
Porjus · SE
2014
Skaftafell · IS
2017
Valberg · NO
2018
Buøya · NO
2024
Deep green · NO
2026
Upside down · NO
THE ATLAS · POLAR MAP
90 watch points, both hemispheres.
21 photo spots70 forecast pointsBortle darkness · GPS
AURORA QUIZ · 10 QUESTIONS
Ten questions. One score card.
shareable scoreEN · TRno login
QUESTION 2 / 10
The pink–red fringe at the base of the curtains comes from which gas?
Nitrogen✓
Oxygen
Hydrogen
Helium
CHEAT SHEET · PRINTABLE
The whole night, on one page.
A4 / Letter PDFglove-friendly typeEN · TR
Chasing Pink · field sheet
| AURORA · FAINT | ƒ/2.8 · 15–25s · ISO 3200 |
| AURORA · MODERATE | ƒ/2.8 · 8–15s · ISO 1600 |
| AURORA · ACTIVE | ƒ/2–2.8 · 4–8s · ISO 800 |
| CORONA · INTENSE | ƒ/1.8–2.8 · 1–4s · ISO 400 |
| FOCUS | manual · ∞ on a star |
| WHITE BALANCE | 3500–4000 K |
CHECKLIST · FIELD-READY
Pack once. Chase all winter.
25 items · 4 listssaves as you tick
✓Camera + a fast wide lens
✓A sturdy tripod
✓2+ batteries, kept warm
A head-torch, red mode
Power bank + hand warmers
Thermos · snack · layers
WHAT’S CHANGED · LIVING EDITION
Still growing — like the project it holds.
updated oftennewest · Jul 2026RSS · /feed
Live Sightings
where the aurora is being seen right now — community photos from the last 24 hours
Storm Watch
a cover bulletin + corner dial when NOAA forecasts a G-class storm in 48h
90 spots · Night Planner
the book’s 21 up front, the rest of the world by region — southern hemisphere too
90 spots · Atlas
the 21 + 70 forecast watch-points worldwide, with a North/South switch
What are you looking for? — A Journey to the Northern Lights
●Chasing Pink · 2013—2026
Most nights the sky glowed green; on the rare, charged ones it turned pink.
A photo-book by Yiğit Yüksel — eleven Arctic journeys through Norway, Iceland and Sweden since 2013, rebuilt for the web and kept live: the sky is read again every five minutes, and five nights from the road are written up in the journal.