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| Iceland Monitor
| Sat 8 Mar 2025
| 20.10 GMT
Northern lights and the moon next to Mars tonight
Good conditions for seeing the northern lights can be expected tonight. mbl.is/Hafþór Hreiðarsson
A significant aurora activity is forecast tonight, according to the Icelandic Meteorological Office website. An announcement from the Astronomy website on Facebook says that there is a prospect of “fine auroras tonight”.
It further states: “The Earth is inside a high-speed stream of solar wind from the coronal mass. Therefore, good auroras can be expected tonight.” It also notes that the moon will be next to Mars tonight.
