Three misconceptions about the Northern Lights: (1) “You need to go to the Arctic” (2) “It must be the middle of winter” (3) “You have to be far away from the cities”. Picture taken in Trondheim, 18th August 2022.
Three misconceptions about the Northern Lights: (1) “You need to go to the Arctic” (2) “It must be the middle of winter” (3) “You have to be far away from the cities”. Picture taken in Trondheim, 18th August 2022.
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This is so weak a light that I would argue you haven’t seen the northern lights for real.
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* to greatly increase the chances of seeing the northern lights
If you travel to Norway only to see the northern lights, do not travel to Trondheim in August, even if they happened to see the lights this one day.
Those are all thumb rules that increase your chance to see them if you are limited by some days of vacation as most of tourists are… They are half truths derived fromt he real rules
It needs to be night – So in winter time you have more night time, easier to see, they can for during the day as easily as in the night BUT you won’t see.
They form in the poles – so as close to the poles you are, easier to see, they can be seen far from poles as they get stronger, BUT there are much more weak ones than strong ones, so if you are close to the poles there are more opportunities to see, on top of that the nights are longer so 2 extra factors working in your favor.
They form more easily when it is dry, and this condition is more prevalent in winter.
Combining the “more night time, close to the origin point and dry atmosphere” you get a higher chance at winter inside the arctic circle.
It is like tropical storms, you can see one in São Paulo a few days per year, but if you really want to guarantee one, go to Belem where they happen almost every day.
I vave seen green red yellow purple and blue northern lights.I have seen it so bright i could read a newspaper.So that picture is not much.Northern lights has been seen as far south as italy.
To get a good picture of it you need darkness.The darker the better.The further north you go the chances increases to see northern ligths
1) «You need to be in the right place, at the right time.»
4) Its and ongoing sunstorm: https://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/i/G3z0RV/sjeldent-solfenomen-kan-skape-nordlysfest
Yes, disregard the massive solar storm, and give bad advice.
Never seen anything close to northern lights my entire life living in norway. Because i live very south
I’ve seen Northern Lights in Trysil back in the 80’s when the family had a cabin near there. It was the middle of winter and far from cities though.