November Northern Lights
Tonight’s sky was filled with the Northern Lights. The picture above was taken from our balcony at around 7:30pm. The view is to the North and as you can see the city lights do not compare with the big green monster in the sky.
This picture was taken about 11pm. The view is towards Kvaløya. The green was darker and moving East.
This picture was taken at 11:30pm down on the South jetty of Tromsø island looking North. The green was swirling in the sky, teasing us by disappearing and reappearing in a one minute cycle.
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You guys are sooooooo lucky! I so want to see the Northern Lights myself! I travelled all the way to Iceland a few years back to see them, but no luck. Looks like I should try Tromsø – your pics are amazing…
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from L-Jay:
It is quite handy living here…lol. I’m sorry you didn’t get to see them, they can be a little tricky. Last year was the low season in the cycle so we should be seeing more of the Northern Lights each year. A cycle is 11 years. But apparently the lights are slowly moving south dew to global warming. In about a hundred years the lights might be as low as Scotland!
You’ve given me some hope that the illusive lights really do exist! After a failed attempt to see them in Iceland 2 years ago, I’ll be hoping for better luck during my visit to Tromso in 3 weeks time. Fingers crossed I can see something half as amazing captured in your photos.
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from L-Jay:
Three weeks? Ah, he No Siesta Fiesta festival will have just started. If you are in Tromsø on the 13th of March you can join the world’s most northern Samba parade!
No way that’s around when we were planning to visit — is it going on this year too??
Corina