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Harry Kuril<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Harry Kuril built a computer model to identify the places with a best chance to catch a glimpse of the aurora borealis during a short visit<\/a>, assigning scores based on aurora intensity, cloud cover and light pollution data. The above map is the result. [Maps.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Harry Kuril built a computer model to identify the places with a best chance to catch a glimpse of the aurora borealis during a short visit, assigning scores based on aurora intensity, cloud cover and… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"New post: Mapping the Best Places to See the Aurora Borealis","autoblue_shares":[{"did":"did:plc:hhxrnk4vub7jtlcl3ve26kjo","date":"2025-07-10T20:20:22+00:00","uri":"at:\/\/did:plc:hhxrnk4vub7jtlcl3ve26kjo\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3ltn5q6djri2g","response":"{\"uri\":\"at:\/\/did:plc:hhxrnk4vub7jtlcl3ve26kjo\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3ltn5q6djri2g\",\"cid\":\"bafyreidvvhcyuum3neujxorn2gyiaav44uegf25ejcq6nf2wxihfchfi6q\",\"commit\":{\"cid\":\"bafyreib24p26loemkxj26szhhdc737bqbex2cdnzombu2i2vaewoybx2hy\",\"rev\":\"3ltn5q6dqma2g\"},\"validationStatus\":\"valid\"}"}],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1617],"class_list":["post-1844649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-weather-and-climate","tag-aurora","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1814423,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2023\/05\/noaas-aurora-forecasts\/","url_meta":{"origin":1844649,"position":0},"title":"NOAA’s Aurora Forecasts","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"12 May 2023","format":"link","excerpt":"It turns out that auroras are a thing you can generate weather maps for. 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