Northern Lights Pictures
This winter has seen some of the brightest and most incredible displays of northern lights in over 20 years. And typically, I missed it all when I was back in England. Not to worry, as last night they came out again and I got another chance to wonder at the awe inspiring lights meandering and twirling across the night sky.
They come out so silently and without any fanfare that it’s not unusual to miss them completely. So thank you to Michelle for sounding the Northern Lights Klaxon for SondanKylä on Facebook last night and promting me to take a look at our Kuusamo sky and see if we were as fortunate.
Boy were we. They swirled and danced over the sky, vibrant and alive. Filling me with a sense of awe and giddy glee as I turned around in a circles, head pointed towards the sky, mouth open in a wide, enchanted grin attempting to take them all in at once. To absorb the scale and beauty of them. Imprint the silent wonder on my mind.
For such a dull sounding thing – dust particles from the sun hitting the Earth’s atmosphere – the colour, movement and grand scale of the aurora is enough to lift any heart and bring a skip to the step of even most downtrodden of soul. A real antidote to life.
Sadly, the pictures go nowhere near to doing them justice – I really will have to buy myself a decent camera one day – but nevertheless I felt I ought to share with you what little I did manage to capture.
I'm Heather, an ex expat, now back in blighty and living in Lancashire. Which is just like Lapland only less snowy...and stuff.
So. So. Utterly. Jealous.
Was going to make a joke about the southern aurora being provided by me when I bend over, but I won’t.
I want to see those northern lights, on my bucket list.
This has to be one of the must sees in my life. I’m now humming the northern lights song from War of the worlds, and probably will be all day. Thank you.
Wow, would love to see those
Ah, I love the Northern Lights. We visited Tromso in Norway a few years back especially to see them. I cried when I first saw them – utterly magical. I did blog about it – I’ll have to dig it out for you to have a nosey at (if you’re interested that is). You are so lucky you can see them!
That’s awesome! I didn’t know they are still there! We never saw them!
Oh, but those are nice pictures! We were in Muonio last week, for the skiing holiday – and we briefly saw some green lights – but my camera would not play the game at all.
Down here in the “south” (Helsinki) we do not see them so often. Which is a pity.
Gorgeous. Simply gorgeous. Dark green is my favorite color, too. What a sight to behold.
Not really dust particles, more like charged particles. So, ions and electrons and stuff – the solar wind – swirling down the funnel at the magnetic pole into the atmosphere.
Gorgeous. Do they video well?
So completely beautiful. I’d love to see them one day.
Sounds amazing. I saw a TV programme recently where Joanna Lumley went in search of the Northern Lights. When she found them she was reduced to tears! What a thing to say you’ve seen. Very jealous.
Hey!! these are some really nice pics. When i was a kid, I used to think that these northern light are magical, but later on i learned the truth. These are really beautiful.