Really Nice Northern Lights Video from Norway

[Skeptic Ginger]

This was linked from Spaceweather.com and it just has to be shared.

In The Land Of The Northern Lights

It is a timelapse video of the Northern Lights. All sequences are shot in or close to Tromsø in Northern Norway.

I have spent over 6months collecting footage for this, I have shot approx 50.000 stills to choose from in making this video. A goal for me has been to try to preserve the real-time speed of the northern lights, or come as close as possible, and present it the way I experienced it, instead of the northern lights just flashing over the sky in the blink of an eye. It may work on other time-lapse videos with skies and sunsets etc, but with the northern lights in focus, it should be presented in it's true speed to reflect her beauty, imo.

 

[Halfcentaur]

This is great. I've always wanted to see the aurora. When I traveled across Siberia in January of 2008 I had hoped to get my chance, but we didn't up going as far north as I thought we were going to.

Someday I'd like to drive as far north as I can possibly drive in North America.

 

[quarky]

Good show. I've seen them as far south as Missouri and Kentucky.

 

[icerat]

Beautiful. I've experienced a good show in the north of sweden. It truly is an experience. I venture to say it's almost spiritual

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

It takes dedication to see the aurora here in Bellevue (Seattle). While one can see them here a dozen times a year during the solar maximum, those nights rarely occur with a clear sky at the same time. But I have managed to see the aurora about 5 times from my house. One of the times was spectacular with the sky overheard literally looking like a flattened flashing disco ball.

The solar minimum recently ended and activity on the Sun is picking up again. I'm looking forward to seeing more interesting skies in the coming years.