Hiking Thru Cities In History

If you have at least 3 days to stay in Fairbanks during the fall or winter (and loads of patience!), you’re almost guaranteed to see the Aurora Borealis. One thing to note is that the northern lights aren’t always bright green lights in the sky. I’ve learned that if the sky is clear and the lights are shown to be overhead by an aurora tracker app like “aurora alerts”, then you just need to take a photo! Most times though they can be visibly seen. Using the delayed shutter (long exposure) (and especially the “nighttime” settings on phones), you can could capture the northern lights way more clearly than what you’d see with the naked eye. This is because the digital eye of a camera has a much broader color spectrum range than the human eye.

Sitting almost 500 feet (132m) above sea level, Fairbanks enjoys a temperate & cold climate. That makes it the ideal destination regardless of the season since it offers plenty of fun activities year-round. July is the warmest month with temperatures averaging between 52°F and 73°F while January is the coldest with temperatures averaging between -15°F and 0°F although in deep winter temps typically plunge to -40F to -60F. Fairbanks is one of the few places on earth where you can experience midnight sun thanks to its geographical location (far north).But there is somewhat of a trade-off… sunshine all day might seem tempting, but you won’t get to see the northern lights! Fairbanks is under the Auroral Oval. This is a circular zone in the far north where there is a high concentration of Aurora activity. Fairbanks experiences low precipitation do you’ll notice lots of clear nights. These factors combined make Fairbanks one of the best places on the globe to chase the northern lights.

48 degrees (f) this morning and the sun coming up. Beautiful start to the day.