The Kenai Peninsula has seen bright auroras throughout this week and more are forecast for tonight.
Omega Smith with the UAA Planetarium said auroras are more prevalent when the sun is active.
Smith: “Just on Saturday I had my solar telescope out and I could see a really nice bundle of sun spots, so we do have some solar flares and ionized particles coming our way.”
She said this summer has been a very busy aurora season.
Smith: “For me, born and raised in Alaska, it seems really really early to see auroras but this has been a really active summer. The aurora’s been going crazy all summer long, in fact there were a couple storms where you could see the auroras all the way down to Texas but you couldn’t see anything up here because it’s too light out.”
The sun is expected to set around 9:21 pm this evening.
