"Does the Son of the Dust Know Anything More Beautiful?" | Einar Ben

Following the intense Northern Lights displays triggered by a G4 geomagnetic storm on January 19, 2026, forecasts now predict a Kp index of 4 for January 21. These auroras are currently visible across Iceland, Greenland, and the northern parts of Scandinavia, Russia, Canada and Alaska.

 

 Iceland, January 20, 2026.

 

» Does the son of the dust know anything more beautiful
than the palace of gods in electronic flames?
By the universe bosom everything is fire
and decoration of slithering northern lights.
From the seventh heaven to the ocean’s horizon... «

 
Norðurljós ("Northern Lights") by Einar Ben (1864–1940).

  

NOAA SWPC daily maximum expected global geomagnetic conditions (Kp) for the coming 27 days.

 

See also:

Financial Markets and Solar Activity.

Helioeconomics.

There Is A Tide In The Affairs Of Men │ William Shakespeare

Futile defense against a tide : Iceland, February 11, 2024.

» There is a tide in the affairs of men
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
On such a full sea are we now afloat;
And we must take the current when it serves,
Or lose our ventures. «

 

The Tragedy of Julius Caesar.

William Shakespeare

 1599