Welcome to the 2025 MIT Geophysical Plasma Observational Expedition website! We are a group of 10 graduate students embarking on a scientific adventure to Fairbanks, AK in order to study the intriguing physics of the Northern Lights. We’ll be documenting our preparations and journey on here, so stay tuned for updates.

Check out last year’s expedition here: https://sites.mit.edu/gpoe2024/

Current Camera Deployments

We’ve arrived in Alaska and started placing cameras! Check some of the deployments locations below:

Acknowledgements

Thank you to the MIT Nord Anglia Collaboration, the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, and the MIT Physics Department for their generous support for this expedition and to Nord Anglia students around the world for helping to make the cameras we are using in the field!