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Brace yourselves for a sky spectacle like no other! Northern Lights June 1–3: A Strong Solar Storm Will Strike Earth, Setting The Stage For A Rare, Brilliant Lights Display Over Parts Of The U.S This is a direct hit from a coronal mass ejection (CME) and has the potential to send this cosmic event much further from the usual aurora zones✱ than Maine, Illinois, and in places across the Midwest and South.

So whether you have binged sky watching over the weekends available or you just learning about the magic that shines above you, do not miss out on this one event. Continue reading to find the best times, areas and tips to watch!

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Aurora Alerts: When to Watch Northern Lights June 1-3, 2025

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Sunday, June 1

Aurora Viewing: excellent south of Millinock (and out of the mountains).
How to see it: Find a dark spot away from city lights and look to the north.

Monday, June 2 – The Main Event

A G4 storm, second of its kind, is on the way. This is your best opportunity to see a bright light show.
Clear skies all over the state means that nearly everyone in the Pine Tree State will get a good look.

Tuesday, June 3

An even weaker G3 storm is predicted, too — one that is still expected to remain visible with the naked eye.
Attention, photographers: Your long exposure may reveal something amazing in the dark.

What is the Northern Light?

One of the most beautiful and enigmatic of nature’s spectacles seen on Earth, this Lights. These colorful waves of light twist through the night skies in the high-latitude areas of the Northern Hemisphere, a performance that has mesmerized, beguiled and inspired humanity for hundreds of years.

The Science Behind the Aesthetic

Because they develop around Earth’s magnetic poles, it are also known as polar lights with the respective aurora names being A.borealis in the north and A. Australis in the south. These amazing light shows are actually the result of what is going on on the surface of the Sun.

Not only is it burning fusion energy, but the Sun gives off a constant stream of charged particles (mostly electrons and protons, the solar wind). Earth’s magnetic field usually serves as a protective shield, redirecting this wind around the planet. However, when the Sun goes wild, such as during solar storms or coronal mass ejections (CMEs), enormous clouds of energetic particles break out of the Sun and race through space at greater than 2 million miles per hour.

How the Lights Are Formed

Once these charged particles reach Earth, some become trapped in Earth’s magnetic field and funneled down into the upper atmosphere close to the magnetic poles. When these particles strike against the gases (oxygen and nitrogen) of our atmosphere, they excite the atoms and molecules of gas and emit energy in the form of light.

That’s similar to how a neon sign or an old cathode-ray tube TV glowed, but works a bit differently. These microscopic collisions happen in millions at a time across the sky, yielding a spectacular display of colorful movement.

Colors and Forms

The most common color is green, which is derived from oxygen around 60 miles above earth.
At over 200 miles, red becomes rarer – created by high-altitude oxygen.
The nitrogen molecules create purple, blue, and pink hues.

You see the lights in many shapes, from wavy curtains to pulsing glows to spirals and arcs. Shape-shifting as it is, the aurora is dictated by the lines of Earth’s magnetic field and how strong the solar wind is at any given moment.

Northern Lights Airlines and Local Times World Map

You can see auroras in high-latitude locations in northern Canada, Alaska, Scandinavia, and Iceland. The best opportunity to do that in the Northern Hemisphere is August to May, a season where the skies are dark, and the solar activity is high.

Even at times when solar activity is low there will be an appearance of smaller auroras, but extremely powerful geomagnetic storms can send the lights as far south as the continental U.S., the UK and parts of central Europe.

About Geomagnetic storms: Boosting the Aurora

The strongest auroras typically occur in the days after significant solar eruptions called coronal mass ejections. Such CMEs release billions of tons of solar material into neighboring space. These bursts of solar wind disturb Earth’s magnetosphere, triggering geomagnetic storms—space weather events that can disrupt technology on the ground and dramatically increase aurora intensity.

These types of storms not only colour the sky — they can influence power grids, satellites and GPS systems. Nevertheless, they also afford you the memory of seeing auroras far outside the traditional viewing areas.

A Cosmic Connection

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Not just a pretty sky, the northern light convey a quantitative and qualitative record of Earth’s connection with the Sun and the invisible forces of space. For scientists, photographers, and curious travelers alike, Aurora borealis is one of those once-in-a-lifetime events that borders on the spiritual.

So next time you are under a northern sky, pause and gaze at the stars. You will see the colors of the universe dancing in front of you.

How To See Aurora Borealis

Head North: Locate a response to the poles.
Dodge light pollution: Get way out of city lights.
Focus with a long exposure camera: Your eyes will see dim lights, but if you take a picture with a camera you can see everything is more bright.
To catch a glimpse (or a snap) of the aurora:
Find a dark northern region that has low light pollution.
Look at aurora forecasts (my Aurora forecast app or Space Weather Live are great ones)
DSLR long exposure capture – Because then you see the colors more intense than you actually can with your bare eyes!
Be Warmly Dressed–Even in summer, nighttime temperatures can fall below freezing.
Use apps like:
My Aurora Forecast & Alerts
Space Weather Live

Bottom line: Do not pass up this opportunity for a natural and rare show in the sky!

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One of the most stunning displays in nature are the N. lights — and because of this unusual, strong solar storm millions of Americans will be able to view them without a telescope from June 1–3, 2025. If you live in Maine, the Midwest or even parts of the southern U.S., this is a once-in-a-decade opportunity to catch the aurora borealis dancing in your local night sky.

So grab your camera, get out to a low-light place where you can see the northern horizon well and watch the skies. Under these levels of geomagnetic activity and with the skies in many places set to be largely clear, this could be the most stunning view weekend in many years.

The stars are showing up tonight for you so do not slip off stage either.

2025 Australia Election demonstrated a strong mandate for Clean energy and offshore wind. Voters rejected nuclear, backed climate action, empowered the ALP and Greens to accelerate the clean energy transition.

Australia (WindNewsToday) — 2025 Australian election sent a strong message: a majority of Australians support a rapid transition to renewable energy, particularly offshore wind. The re-election of the Labor Party (ALP) was largely driven by national support for climate action and clean energy progress.

In contrast, the Coalition has been heavily campaigning against Labor’s energy platform, which promises to scrap four of the six offshore wind zones already declared. Despite targeting key seats in New South Wales and launching community campaigns to galvanize opposition, the strategy has not resonated. In fact, the ALP’s two-party preference vote has increased in many of the seats where offshore wind has been hotly contested. The Australian federal election is a stark example of how climate change could change the landscape of voting.

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Offshore wind and Clean energy: the irresistible plan

Labor’s first term success has already put Australia on a path to a clean energy future, with 40% of the national electricity grid now powered by renewables and storage. Interestingly, when Australians return to the polls, the grid will be powered by more than two-thirds of renewables – marking an irreversible shift towards cleaner energy.

party’s energy transition plan, offshore wind, is now enjoying stronger political support than ever before. Environmentalists and industry stakeholders are urging the government to capitalize on its renewed mandate by fast-tracking offshore wind development and maintaining the pace of regulatory and infrastructure support.

LAbor party Australai Picsart AiImageEnhancer — **‘Labor is the party of opportunity’**

Today The PRIME MINISTER, ANTHONY ALBANESE talked to the SKY NEWS for first after the winning and started his conversation about his party as a party of opportunity. He sees the challenge of seizing the economic transformation opportunities that come from the National Climate Agreement, which he says is part of the deal. He says it is a project that we have not backed down from, it is a project that we have relied on. So, the project in Newcastle, Tomago, the Hunter’s largest employer, the Rio Tinto aluminum smelter, and so their conversion to clean energy, which will be so important with the strong capacity there

And he calls on the community that the campaign pushed the offshore wind project further offshore to come along and see a good environmental outcome from offshore wind power.

2025 Australian Election: Nuclear rejects, climate voters rise

This 2025 election was a vote for green, clean and renewable energy as the Coalition’s support for nuclear power has failed to gain traction. Instead, it has proven politically toxic – particularly among women and undecided voters. Meanwhile, despite ongoing cost-of-living pressures, climate concern remains a top-level issue for much of the population.

And young voters, whom we refer to as Generation Z (Gen Z) have played a key role. Three-quarters of Millennials and Z voters ranked climate change among their top voting issues. This climate-conscious voting bloc has become the largest demographic group in Australian politics and is shaping the country’s political landscape with increasing influence.

Climate-friendly independent candidates performed incredibly in the election, where they increased their primary vote by 3.8% in contested seats, continuing the trend from the 2022 election. Incumbent independents retained their inner-city strongholds, suggesting a long-term shift in voter behavior. Meanwhile, the Australian Greens are expected to hold onto the balance of power in the Senate – a strategic advantage that could enable the ALP to pass strong climate legislation in its second term.

Labor Party: Climate action is a mandate

The ALP now has a 17-point lead over the Coalition as the party is most trusted to “tack on climate change”. For Labor voters, climate change was one of the top two election issues, further reinforcing that environmental leadership is not just a marginal concern – it is a central mandate.

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The re-elected Labor government is under increasing pressure to accelerate the development of Australia’s offshore wind industry, following the election result, which saw public support for the country’s massive renewable energy transition. The message from voters was clear. Sophie Walter, a spokeswoman for the pro-renewable energy community group Good for the Gong, said Australians had shown strong support for offshore wind.

“Now that the election is over, we will be pushing the government to move quickly,” she said, “but also to ensure that these projects are developed in a way that is sustainable.”

The election is over, we will be pushing the government to move

Ty Christopher, director of the Energy Futures Network at the University of Wollongong, welcomed the continuity brought by the Labor Party’s re-election, saying it provided much-needed certainty for renewable energy investors. While he acknowledged that there were legitimate concerns about the technology and environmental impact of offshore wind, he stressed that investor confidence depended on policy stability.

Mr Christopher — Ty Christopher, Photo: LinkedIn

All investors want certainty,”

Christopher said, comparing the situation in the US under the Trump administration to what he described as a period of instability and uncertainty in the renewables sector.

“We have to acknowledge that the elephant in the room here is that Trump’s behavior in the US has created so much instability and uncertainty that it has scared a lot of global capital away from the US,” he said.

Christopher noted that this shift in investor sentiment could present a major opportunity for Australia. “What a great thing for Australia, for that global capital to find a home here and help us decarbonize our lives, decarbonize our industry and become a global powerhouse in renewable energy.”

Lastly, the 2025 election was not just a policy contest – it was a national referendum on climate action. Australians voted decisively for a future driven by clean energy, offshore wind and environmental leadership. With the political winds at their back, the ALP and its climate allies now have both the opportunity and the responsibility to accelerate clean energy transition of the country .

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