Low Solar Activity Dims Northern Lights

Anchorage Daily News Feb 24,2009

Low solar activity dims the northern lights
Aurora scholar Neal Brown, who directs UAF's Alaska Space Grant Program, said the low in the current solar cycle is the most dramatic he has witnessed during his time in Fairbanks.

"I've lived here for 45 years, and we've had four solar cycles, and this is the worst one for me," Brown said. "It's just been pitiful. I don't think there's been three or maybe four half-hour to hour-long displays this winter.