A Different Light
There are certain places around the island that I am always drawn to. I’ve stood on this jetty many times before looking out to the sailing boats. Sometimes I am there at dawn during the midnight sun. The sun never goes down during this season but the mountains to the East are so high that the sun still has to rise above them in the morning hours and an artificial dawn-effect wakes the city. This is the time I took the picture above.
Sometimes I am standing on the jetty during the dark season. The sun never makes it over the horizon and at noon only a dusk-light reaches the city. This is the time I took the picture Boats at Noon.
One time I was standing on the jetty and I could see nothing at all except its rock boarder. Autumn had brought in a beautiful thick mist that made me see my view in a different light.
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Hi All,
At the moment am interested in going to Alaska /Canada probably Churchill to have the possibility of seeing the NL next Feb/March 2011 but ran across Tromso in Norway.
Any info on what one can expect in Norway at Feb/March would be very greatful.
John Barns in Sydney Australia
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from L-Jay:
October/November and February/March are generally the best months to see Northern Lights. The darker months (Dec/Jan) seem to have a lot of clouds.
The lights are on an 11 year cycle – last year was the lowest in the cycle so we should be getting more lights every year from now on
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