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● The live edition

The book ended in 2019.
The tools didn't.

More than a dozen interactive tools and live space-weather, layered onto the original book — gathered here by what you'd reach for them for.

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The journey

What changed since 2019

Every addition and correction since the book — the storms, the new science, the gear — newest first, each linking to where it lives.

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Logged changes per month · ○ the book, Dec 2019 · dashed: year-only entries, spread over their year
2026
68 changes
Oct 2026×Straumsnes · the road to Hamn is the Fv86 (a county road), not the E86 — in the book's note, on the atlas and on the spot's page; and the Turkish note's “panaromik” is now spelled “panoramik”Aurora →Oct 2026+The Senja hub · six places on the island — the new Tungeneset, Mefjordvær, Gryllefjord and Finnsnes forecast points and the book's Bergsbotn and Straumsnes — each with its own call tonight, ranked clearest first; on a night the whole island is clouded, the door opens on the clearest place within reachAurora →Oct 2026+Four new forecast points on Senja · Tungeneset, Mefjordvær, Gryllefjord and Finnsnes — each with its own live verdict, seven-night table and cloud climate; Senja's page names all four under “Where on Senja”Forecast →Oct 2026+The Lofoten hub, clearest first · each of its thirteen places with its own call tonight, ranked clearest first and numbered on the map by tonight's rank; and on every hub the book's frames now carry their own sky, as their own pages read itAurora →Oct 2026×Bergsbotn, Straumsnes, Unstad and Henningsvær · their pins — on their pages, the hubs and the atlas — GPS lines, “Open in Maps” links and live forecast points now sit where the photographs were made; the book's rounded coordinates had them 2–10 km off (Straumsnes in the sea)Aurora →Oct 2026+The region hubs, wide · the Tromsø and Lofoten hubs take the welcome's live sky — tonight's sentence over it, the map and its places clearest first, then the week, the field overhead, the cloud by month, the numbers, the book's doors and the questions in panels; every place has its own call tonight. And a new Iceland hub: seven places around the Ring Road, each with its own call, with the book's Vatnajökull and Blue Lagoon framesAurora →Oct 2026+Five new forecast points in Iceland · Þingvellir, Vík, Jökulsárlón, Mývatn and Snæfellsnes (Kirkjufell) — each with its own live verdict, seven-night table and cloud climate; Iceland's page names all seven places under “Where in Iceland”, every page's “Nearby” is now its nearest, and the book's frames within 60 km show with their distanceForecast →Oct 2026+The right-now layer · the live Kp is now NOAA’s minute-by-minute estimate (the 3-hourly product behind it), with GFZ’s half-hourly Hp30 beside it; wherever a magnetometer is within 300 km — the Tromsø hub, the spots of northern Norway, Sweden and Finnish Lapland, Hunt mode — a substorm meter reading the field overhead (FMI open data); and from the Kp chapter, Kyoto’s real-time AE plotForecast →Oct 2026+The world map, up close · zoomed in, it loads Natural Earth’s 1:10m coast — the fjords, the islands; pins that sat on one another part, each tied to its place by a hairline, and the names settle where they clash with none and can’t be read as another pin’sForecast →Oct 2026+The Tromsø hub · one live verdict for Tromsø, Lyngen, Skibotn and Kilpisjärvi — where the tours head when the coast is clouded — each with its own verdict tonight, and the book’s places in Troms, on a Natural Earth 1:10m mapAurora →Oct 2026+Rarely the Kp · what actually decides an aurora night in Tromsø: the Kp rarely, the cloud often; darkness sets the season, the moon matters less than people think, and more nights beat a perfect night — a field note in the site’s own numbers, between the archive’s Troms framesJournal →Oct 2026+Three new forecast points · Lyngen (Tromsø's favourite day trip), Skibotn and Kilpisjärvi (where tours head when the coast is clouded) — each with its own live verdict, seven-night table and cloud climate; a “From Tromsø” section on Tromsø's page, and the book's Lyngenfjord spot now under LyngenForecast →Sep 2026+A desktop menu · Book, Atlas, Gallery, Forecast and Journal each open a panel now — the ten chapters with their own photographs and page ranges, the live tools with theirs, the stories as cards; one glass panel that changes shape from section to sectionNavigation →Sep 2026+Aurora Paintbox, redrawn · the sky is the canvas and the tools sit in one paintbox tray: pots of colour from green to pink; the sun is the character now, with a fact after every sneeze; sign your picture with your name and, on a phone, save it to PhotosPlay · Kids →Sep 2026+A welcome · on a first visit the whole site at a glance, five doors over a live sky; and one question: can you see it from where you are? The answer is for your own place — the Kp it needs, tonight, and the last time it cameCover →Sep 2026+The Season Opens: 2026–27 · the nights are back — storm days over the last twelve months, this year beside the last two, the sunspot number and the next 48 hours, all from the archive’s own figures with their sources, as a photo story between frames from the last three springsJournal →Sep 2026+This week · a seven-night row under the live verdict on every aurora page — the dark window and moon exact, Kp and cloud for the next three nightsAurora →Sep 2026+Best Month Finder · pick a month and 70 watch points rank by real monthly cloud cover (ERA5, 2015–2024); or one spot, all twelve monthsPlanning →Sep 2026+Spot vs Spot · put any two of 91 places side by side — the Kp each needs, tonight’s live verdict, twelve months of cloud, the season and this past year’s storm daysPlanning →Sep 2026+Season Sheet · every night of a spot’s season scored by darkness and moon — the best windows, the new moons, a one-page printable PDFCalendar →Sep 2026+Solar Cycle 25 beside the last three maxima · storm days for the seven years around each cycle’s peak, with this season’s running countThe Kp Archive →Sep 2026+This Week in Kp · the archive’s last seven days day by day, the day’s max and G class, the week before for comparison and a sky replay for every nightThe Kp Archive →Sep 2026+This Exact Night · the book’s dated frames joined to the real Kp of the hour they were made — The Night It Broke among themThe Kp Archive →Sep 2026+Replay any night · pick any date since 1932 and that day’s real Kp values draw the curtain in the simulator (Kp only, no verdict)Simulator →Sep 2026+What It Was Shot On · the gear from the book’s records, 2013–2026 — by year and body, with the frames the files confirmGear →Sep 2026+The Lofoten hub · one regional verdict for the islands and the book’s 13 places, west to east along the E10, each with its own pageAurora →Sep 2026+Two new stories · This Far North (two frames at 70°N) and One Week, Four Villages (2017) — the frames the files confirm and the archive’s Kp of each hourJournal →Sep 2026+Licensing & usage · editorial, commercial, print and personal use in one page, with no price list — what to include and the record every frame carriesShop →Aug 2026+What are you looking for? · the cover is now a search door — type a place, a month or a whole sentence and it routes you to the right page (the menu search and ⌘K open it too)Cover →Aug 2026+Aurora Trip Planner · when to go, where, how many nights — computed odds for your destination, an honest lodging fact-check and a printable field guide (PDF). Just type a sentence: “Tromsø in March with my partner”Trip Planner →Aug 2026+A forecast page for each of the book's 21 spots · every iconic location with its own photograph, tonight's live verdict and the historical Kp odds at that latitudeLocation Atlas →Jul 2026+The Kp archive · every month since 1932 as its own page — a calendar heatmap, storm nights and G-scale highlights (GFZ definitive record)The Kp Archive →Jul 2026+Tonight's colours · the aurora palette by Kp — which colour, and whyForecast →Jul 2026+One timeline, two ranges · 48 hours ↔ 28 days in a single stripForecast →Jul 2026+Substorm nowcast · the sky's 'it's breaking now' moment — the alert engine's missing halfForecast →Jul 2026+Eye vs. camera · what the sky actually looks like, side by sideForecast →Jul 2026+Ground truth · the model's claim beside what people actually reportedForecast →Jul 2026+Tonight's question · the book answering the sky that is actually outsideForecast →Jul 2026+'As of' on every live number · how old each reading is, per productThe live edition →Jul 2026+Aurora Paintbox · a sky-painting game for kidsPlay · Kids →Jul 2026+Live cover scenes · hover a Live Edition card and the cover repaints with that tool's preview — tonight's real dataCover →Jul 2026+Live Sightings · where the aurora is being seen right now — community photos from the last 24 hours, by time and placeLive Sightings →Jul 2026+Storm watch · a bulletin + corner dial on the cover whenever NOAA forecasts a G-class storm within 48 hoursCover →Jul 2026+90 spots in the Night Planner · the book's 21 up front, the rest of the world by region — southern hemisphere includedNight Planner →Jul 2026+90 spots on the Atlas · the book's 21 + 70 forecast watch-points worldwide, with a North/South hemisphere switch and a forecast layerLocation Atlas →Jul 2026+A map for every spot · where it sits on the aurora oval (replacing the stand-in photo) + a live-forecast linkLocation Atlas →Jun 2026+Live tonight line on the cover · Kp + status, pink in a stormThe live edition →Jun 2026+Share tonight · a shareable card that previews the live verdictForecast →Jun 2026+'You are here' marker on the world mapForecast →Jun 2026+Aurora by location · 70 spots, both hemispheres · geomagnetic threshold + cloud/moon/darkness verdictForecast →Jun 2026+Live OVATION oval · both poles, from NOAA dataForecast →Jun 2026+World map · tonight's status for all 70 spots, click to jumpForecast →Jun 2026+Camera Cheat Sheet · a printable settings card (PDF)Ch. 04 · How to photograph →Jun 2026+Aurora Chase Checklist · printable (PDF)Night Planner →Jun 2026+Solar-wind dashboard · live speed, density, BzForecast →Jun 2026+Tonight, where you are · a verdict for your spotNight Planner →Jun 2026+Darkness & Moon Calendar · the best weeksNight Planner →Jun 2026+Exposure Calculator · suggested camera settingsCh. 04 · How to photograph →Jun 2026+Aurora Simulator · the curtain by Kp and BzScience diagrams →Jun 2026+Expeditions · 11 journeys, year by yearThe live edition →Jun 2026+Behind the wheel · the driving recordCh. 05 · Transport →Jun 2026+Hunt mode · the red-light field screenThe live edition →Jun 2026+Drive now · nearest spots ranked tonightNight Planner →Jun 2026+27-day Kp outlook + live camerasForecast →Jun 2026+Aurora quiz · ten questionsScience diagrams →Jun 2026+Command-palette search (⌘K)The live edition →Jun 2026+Settings decoded · in photo detailGallery →2026+Per-night planning · live toolsCh. 02 · The ideal time →
2025
6 changes
Mar 2025+Contactless pay · Vipps / SwishCh. 05 · Shopping →Feb 2025+Aurora apps boxCh. 02 · Kp index →Feb 2025+USB lens heaterCh. 04 · In the cold →Feb 2025+Hurtigruten Aurora cruise noteCh. 05 · Activities →2025+Declining phase · strongest years aheadCh. 02 · Does the Sun sleep? →2025×Activity prices · post-pandemicCh. 05 · Activities →
2024
26 changes
Nov 2024+Focus-peaking note · mirrorlessCh. 04 · Infinity focus →Nov 2024×Re-verify after a lens swapCh. 04 · Infinity focus →Nov 2024+Lofoten short-let restrictionsCh. 05 · Lodging →Oct 2024+Cycle 25 peak · stronger than forecastCh. 02 · Does the Sun sleep? →Oct 2024×Solar-minimum sentence · fixed for cycle 25Ch. 02 · Kp index →Oct 2024+10–11 Oct G4 storm · second waveCh. 02 · From Türkiye →Sep 2024+24-hour fuel station noteCh. 05 · Shopping →May 2024+Gannon G5 storm · a live exampleCh. 02 · The games the Sun plays →May 2024+Low-latitude visibility · Kp-dependentCh. 02 · Where visible? →May 2024+Gannon G5 storm · Türkiye sightingsCh. 02 · From Türkiye →May 2024+Bz component noteCh. 02 · Kp index →May 2024דVery low probability” · two nights backCh. 02 · From Türkiye →2024+Switch to mirrorless bodiesCh. 04 · Gear →2024+USB-C charging + power bankCh. 04 · In the cold →2024×New-gen mirrorless videoCh. 04 · Video →2024+S-Log3 + 10-bit recordingCh. 04 · Video →2024+Multi-frame + masking workflowCh. 04 · Capturing →2024+LRTimelapse · flicker fixCh. 04 · Time-lapse →2024+Built-in intervalometer noteCh. 04 · Time-lapse →2024+Parking apps · EasyPark / YourParkCh. 05 · Getting there →2024×EV + charging network addedCh. 05 · Getting there →2024+Aurora pod / glass-igloo staysCh. 05 · Lodging →2024+Sámi culture toursCh. 05 · Activities →2024+USB heated vest / glovesCh. 05 · What to wear →2024+USB-C power bank · Anker Prime / NitecoreCh. 05 · The backpack →2024+Reusable hand warmerCh. 05 · The backpack →
2023
5 changes
Sep 2023+Sigma 14mm f/1.4 DG DN ArtCh. 04 · Gear →Apr 2023+Lightroom AI Denoise noteCh. 04 · Capturing →Apr 2023×ISO ceiling raisedCh. 04 · Capturing →2023×Phone capability · after Night ModeCh. 04 · Gear →2023×Rorbu booking · 6 → 9–12 monthsCh. 05 · Lodging →
2020
2 changes
2020+The Dunes · a new auroral formCh. 02 · Colours →2020+STEVE · the sky's violet ribbonCh. 02 · Colours →
Dec 2019○Original · the book edition.