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Observed at: Edmonton Int'l Airport 3:00 PM MDT Thursday 19 September 2024
Condition: Mostly Cloudy
Temperature: 16.8°C
Pressure: 100.9 kPa falling
Visibility: 32 km
Humidity: 39 %
Dewpoint: 2.8°C
Wind: W 16 km/h
Air Quality Health Index: 2
]]> Courtesy of Environment Canada

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Aurora Images from May 2 2010

On May 2nd we had a geomagnetic storm, with high speed particles from the sun interacting with the Earth's magnetosphere. This generated strong auroras in the Edmonton region.
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Easter 2010 Storm

This weekend we have been treated to some fantastic displays of the Northern Lights as the Earth was buffeted by the biggest geomagnetic storm of the year so far. The storm, which rated as a G3 or strong level storm, arrived at about 2:30am MT on 5 April and gave rise to strong magnetic disturbances that are now subsiding.
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Chasing the Northern Lights

Ever curious about what it takes to capture those fantastic images of the Northern Lights?

Recently CTV News Edmonton conducted a Special Assignment piece about Zoltan Kenwell (our friendly neighbourhood photo expert) and the Northern Lights.