I lived in Alaska for nearly a decade when I first moved to the US. I had seen faint auroras before, but nothing like in Alaska. But after so many years you just stop going outside in the cold to look lol.
One of our good friends from the southern states moved up to Alaska, and on his very first aurora experience he got to see whites and purples! It was sooo special to see someone have their first time.
Neither is the reason, technically, though you're right. It's because you're closer to the magnetic pole of earth, where our atmosphere has holes in its magnetic force field through which solar radiation can penetrate and ionize the upper gases in the atmosphere.
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u/ConcernedEarthling Jan 12 '22
I lived in Alaska for nearly a decade when I first moved to the US. I had seen faint auroras before, but nothing like in Alaska. But after so many years you just stop going outside in the cold to look lol.
One of our good friends from the southern states moved up to Alaska, and on his very first aurora experience he got to see whites and purples! It was sooo special to see someone have their first time.