Aurora is the optical manifestation of energetic particles that penetrate a planet's atmosphere from the space above the atmosphere. Aurora occurs on both hemispheres on Earth at high latitudes, but is also found on other planets.
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- The Aurora Page Offers an aurora forecast, related links, and image galleries.
- Home of the Northern Lights Image Gallery of aurora photos, instruction and tips for taking auroral photos
- Secrets of the Polar Aurora Detailed overview of the polar aurora, including where to see it, its causes, its relation to solar and interplanetary phenomena, the type of light, artificial auroras.
- Kjell Henriksen Observatory Optical observatory on Svalbard (Spitzbergen), associated with University of Alaska and University of Tromsø. Includes information about how to get there, data and observarions, and the history of the observatory.
- Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory Observations and research related to northern lights, aeronomy, atmospheric chemistry, and related science.
- Yukon Aurora Forecast Predictions updated every 15 minutes for the Yukon-Alaska area.
- Aurora Borealis Photo Offers prints for sale by Fairbanks, Alaska-based photographer Jack Finch. Galleries are organized by type and color.
- Painted sky: the aurora Image gallery of auroral photos from the ground, from space, and graphics related to aurora.
- Sondrestrom Research Facility Auroral observatory with a large complement of instruments (including incoherent scatter radar) on the west coast of Greenland.
- Museum of Time Time lapse photography of aurora (Netherlands).
- Tromsø Auroral Observatory Articles about the Aurora and the Geomagnetic Field. [Norwegian, English, German]
- Proton Precipitation into the Atmosphere Workshops, discussion group, links.
- Automatic Geophysical Observatories All-sky images and keagrams from South Pole.
- Auroras 2000.com : Presented by the Exploratorium Guide to the Northern and Southern Lights. News, NASA images, forecasts, and background on the aurora.
- Jupiter's Aurora Images taken by the Galileo spacecraft.
- Auroral Particles and Imagery Stories, data from DMSP satellite, movies from space, links and publications, from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory.
- Latest IMAGE-WIC (wide-band imaging camera) image Real-time images of the entire auroral oval from space.
- Polar Visible Imaging Investigations/Visible Imaging System Real-time images from space, gallery of movies, data, instrument description.
- Fast Auroral SnapshoT Explorer (FAST) Polar orbiting satellite for auroral studies.
- Hubble Images of Jupiter's Aurora Jupiter's auroral emissions and small auroral spots associated with the flux tube of jovian satellites.
- Rice Space Institute Outreach Links to educational space weather pages, including the "Museums Teaching Planet Earth".
- Borealis 2000 Photo gallery of aurora borealis, meteor showers, and planetary alignments hosted by photographer Dirk Obudzinski. Includes news and sky forecasts.
- Aurora November 2001 Pictures taken during the big storm on 5 November, 2001, in Iowa.
- Aurora Borealis Page Includes various image galleries, tips on spotting the lights, an FAQ, and related links.
- Aurora Gallery Photos from many photographers and places, sorted by auroral event.
- How to Find and Photograph Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) Describes equipment, techniques, prediction of visibility. Includes a brief description of the phenomenon and some photographs.
- Comparative Aeronomy in the Solar System Workshop, discussion group, links for topics related to aurora on other planets in the solar system.
- Saturn's Aurora High quality Hubble Space Telescope images.
- Alaska Science Forum: Aurora Large article archive by a variety of authors offering explanations of phenomena related to aurora.
- NOAA POES (Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellite) Real-time auroral activity derived from satellite.
- Asahi Aurora Classroom Provides plenty of information on the aurora including how and where to see it, FAQ, myths, images and scientific facts.
- Auroras Now! Shows images from an all-sky camera operated by the Sodankylä geophysical observatory in Finland. Part of the ESA Space Weather Applications Pilot Project.
- Auroral Acoustics Project to study the sounds and acoustical effects related to geomagnetic storms and aurora borealis.
- The Northern Lights Documentary video examining the phenomenon of the northern lights or aurora borealis.
- Neptune Aurora There is even aurora on Neptune.
- Uranus Aurora Explanation of how aurora is different on Uranus
- AuroraWatch UK Image gallery and explanations with updated solar activity chart.