Fairbanks, United States - January 19, 2026 Video filmed by X user its pronounced jiff, Sports Information Director for the Alaska Nanooks and long-time Fairbanks resident, captures a vivid aurora borealis over the city on the night of January 19, 2026, around 11:00 PM local time. The short handheld footage shows a dark, clear Arctic winter sky filled with bright green auroral curtains rippling, surging, and dancing across the horizon. The lights form tall vertical pillars, flowing bands, and pulsing arcs that shift rapidly, with subtle magenta and pink edges highlighting the dominant green glow. The aurora spreads high overhead, creating a dramatic, "electric" spectacle against a starry backdrop. The foreground features snow-covered ground, bare winter trees silhouetted against the glow, and minimal light pollution from distant Fairbanks. No people or structures dominate the scene. The camera pans slowly to follow the most active sections, emphasizing the intensity that inspired the poster’s caption: “And people wonder why I’ve lived here for as long as I have…” This extraordinary display occurred during a G3–G4 geomagnetic storm on January 19–20, 2026, with Kp peaks of 6–8, caused by a fast coronal mass ejection from an X1.9 solar flare on January 18. The storm produced widespread auroras across Alaska, Canada, northern U.S., Scandinavia, Iceland, and unusually far south in Europe. Fairbanks residents reported some of the brightest and most active displays of the season. The video highlights why Fairbanks, at roughly 64.8°N under the auroral oval with clear, dark skies, is one of the world’s premier locations to view the northern lights.