{"id":2136,"date":"2019-12-06T12:02:47","date_gmt":"2019-12-06T12:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/en\/?post_type=topic&p=2136"},"modified":"2025-09-01T11:18:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T11:18:11","slug":"northern-lights-in-northern-norway","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/en\/topic\/northern-lights-in-northern-norway\/","title":{"rendered":"Northern Lights in Northern Norway"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\tA light-footed dance, billowing curtains, arches and ribbons in a supernatural green colour. On occasion, the sky explodes into a kaleidoscope of green, white, pink and violet for a seemingly endless second. Down on the solid ground, we pinch ourselves and ask whether we did actually see what we just saw. Northern Norway is one of the best places in the world to watch the majestic Northern Lights.\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n

Northern Norway is among the areas of the globe that are under the Northern Lights oval, and consequently have the most Northern Lights. This northern region is also easy to travel to, has good infrastructure and the mildest climate in the Arctic. For the traveller, the Northern Lights can easily be combined with fun outdoor activities, a fascinating heritage and getting to know the locals. <\/p>\n\n\n

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What are the Northern Lights?<\/h2>\n\n
The explanation for dummies<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n

What are the Northern Lights? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Northern Lights are born on the Sun<\/a>. Electrically charged particles are catapulted off the surface of the Sun in the aftermath of powerful solar storms. Some of these particles travel towards Earth. When they reach the planet, they are conducted along the protective magnetic fields towards the magnetic North and South Poles. In a ring-shaped pattern around the magnetic poles, the particles encounter the upper layers of the atmosphere. In a process identical to the one that occurs inside a fluorescent light, energy is released as light that we can observe from the Earth. Most Northern Lights \u201cdisplays\u201d take place at a height of around 100-300 km above the Earth\u2019s surface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What do the Northern Lights look like?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Northern Lights appear in a range of shapes: as billowing \u201ccurtains\u201d, as undulating ribbons and as rolling banks of smoke. They are usually bright electric green in colour, often with a slim pink stripe on the underside. Occasionally, the Northern Lights explode in a corona, with rays shooting in all directions across the entire sky in shades of green, violet, white and pink. There are some differences between what you see with your bare eye, and what type of colours a proper camera would pick up. You may learn how to photograph Northern Lights here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\t

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