Live aurora map and 3D forecast

Explore auroras across a 3D Earth in space. View NOAA’s latest aurora forecast as reconstructed northern and southern light curtains.

Explore Earth’s northern and southern auroral regions from space. NOAA’s latest OVATION forecast shapes a three-dimensional aurora display above the globe, with luminous curtains on the night side.

Explore this 3D Earth view

• Northern and southern hemispheres on one interactive globe
• NOAA observation and forecast times shown in View options
• A 3D reconstruction of the aurora above Earth’s atmosphere

The map uses NOAA’s OVATION forecast of auroral location and intensity. Cosmoscope translates the forecast grid into a 3D display, with reconstructed light curtains, colour and movement. It is a visualisation of forecast activity, not live camera footage or a measurement of every individual auroral curtain.

Source: NOAA aurora forecast and OVATION model.

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