Live Seasonal Webcams

Live cam at Brooks Falls in Katmai National Park, Alaska — one of the world's greatest wildlife spectacles. Watch brown bears catch sockeye salmon mid-leap as thousands of fish run the river. Peak season July–October. Powered by Explore.org.

Live all-sky aurora borealis cam from the UAF Large Animal Research Station north of Fairbanks, Alaska. Watch the northern lights dance in real time during the active season (September–March). Dark skies, zero light pollution. Powered by Explore.org.

Live 24/7 all-sky aurora cam from Posio in Finnish Lapland, deep inside the auroral oval. Watch the northern lights paint the sky above the boreal forest and frozen lakes. Active season late August–April. Midnight sun replaces the aurora in summer.

Live north-facing sky camera at Sodankylä in Finnish Lapland, run by the photographer Samuli Korvanen (Starlapland). It looks over the boreal forest toward the northern horizon, where the auroral oval usually sits on a quiet night. Sodankylä is at 67°N, so a Kp of about 2 is often enough. Dark enough from late August to mid-April; midnight sun from late May.

Live north-facing sky camera at Levi, the ski resort in Kittilä, Finnish Lapland (Starlapland / Samuli Korvanen). At 67.8°N Levi sits under the auroral oval on most active nights; Kp 1–2 can put aurora in the northern sky. The camera is a sky view, so expect stars, cloud and resort glow on quiet nights.

Live north-facing sky camera at Kilpisjärvi, the village at the tip of Finland’s "arm" near the Norwegian and Swedish borders (Starlapland / Samuli Korvanen). At 69°N it is one of the best-placed aurora cameras in Europe: aurora is often overhead at Kp 1, and the fells keep it far from city light.

Live aurora camera on top of Luosto fell in Pyhä-Luosto, Finnish Lapland, run by Visit Pyhä-Luosto. A fell-top view of the sky over the national park, far from town lights. The best viewing is from dusk to early morning, September to April.

Live sky camera at Överkalix in Swedish Lapland, on the Kalix river just south of the Arctic Circle. Run by a local aurora guide. Sitting at 66°N, it usually needs Kp 2–3 for aurora overhead and can catch it low in the north at Kp 1–2 on dark, clear nights.

Live view over Lake Hornavan, Sweden’s deepest lake, from Hornavan Hotell in Arjeplog, Swedish Lapland, with Mount Galtis on the far shore. It is a lake view rather than an all-sky camera, so aurora shows when it is bright enough over the hills; the stream plays background music.

Live cam on the puffin colony at Seal Island, 21 miles off the Maine coast. Watch Atlantic puffins waddling on the ledge, landing with beaks full of fish, and squabbling over prime spots. Part of Audubon's Project Puffin. Active May–August.

Live northern lights camera at the Lyngen North glass-igloo hotel on Lyngen fjord, about three hours’ drive north-east of Tromsø. The on-screen panel shows the camera’s direction, the sun’s altitude, moon brightness and the latest DSCOVR solar-wind reading. At 69.8°N aurora is often overhead at Kp 1–2.

Live cam on Skomer Island, one of the UK's most famous seabird colonies with over 40,000 Atlantic puffins. Watch them perch on the grassy bank, burrow in and out, and launch into the Irish Sea. Active late April–July.

Live east-facing aurora camera from Smørpundfjellet above Nordkjosbotn, at the head of Balsfjord about an hour south-east of Tromsø. Inland from the coast, so it often stays clearer than Tromsø itself. Kp 1–2 is usually enough at 69°N.

Live 4K sky camera from a remote cabin on the Aðaldalshraun lava field in North Iceland, between Húsavík and Akureyri, run by Geimfarinn. North Iceland lies close under the auroral oval and is often drier than the south-west, so it is a good one to check when Reykjavík is clouded in.

Live sky camera from Aurora Reykjavík, the northern lights museum in the Grandi harbour district. It shows the sky over the city through the dark season. City lights wash out faint aurora here, so it shows the brighter displays best; Kp 3 and up is a good sign.

Live aurora camera on the Golden Circle in South Iceland, run by Aurora Reykjavík. The operator does not publish the exact site; it is out in the countryside east of Reykjavík, so the sky is darker than the city camera’s. Map position is approximate.

Live camera at Hólar in Hjaltadalur valley, Skagafjörður, North Iceland (TokAir Iceland). A rural valley far from city light: northern lights in winter, the midnight sun in June. The chat is subscriber-only; the stream is public.

Live northern lights camera from Churchill, Manitoba, on Hudson Bay, run by explore.org. Churchill is far south in geographic terms (58.7°N) but sits right under the auroral oval because of where the magnetic pole is, so aurora is often overhead at Kp 1–2.

Live sky camera from Kaleido Lodge, a wilderness lodge outside Whitehorse in the Yukon. When the aurora is out it can appear right over the lodge; Kp 2–3 is usually enough at 61°N. Long summer twilight means no aurora from about mid-May to mid-August. Map position is approximate.

Live camera from the Nuussuaq district of Nuuk, Greenland’s capital, looking west across the fjord toward Akia. Night settings are tuned for aurora. Nuuk lies under the auroral zone, so aurora is common on clear winter nights even at low Kp.

Live cam from the Tundra Buggy Lodge on the Hudson Bay coast outside Churchill, Manitoba, run by Polar Bears International and explore.org. Polar bears gather here each October and November waiting for the bay to freeze, so the lodge camera often shows bears walking the tundra, sparring and resting. The stream is seasonal: it runs during the fall bear migration and goes dark after freeze-up. Powered by Explore.org.