It was a magical experience seeing the northern lights from our igloo bungalow in kakslauttanen resort in lapland finland.
Northern lights in finland 2018.
As a matter of fact autumn and early spring are the best time for catching the northern lights as solar activity is quite intense and reliable.
The aurora borealis northern lights is seen in the sky in ivalo of lapland finland september 27 2019.
When particles are emitted by the sun and strike atoms in the earth s atmosphere these atoms light up producing the beautiful colors we see in the aurora borealis.
Being one of the best places to spot the aurorae finland has even received immigration because of them.
An island girl from the tropics.
In fact the northern lights are caused by the sun.
Other northern lights mythology in finland held that the aurora was the spouts sprayed into the night sky by whales.
That s why our holidays to finland start in the autumn when auroral displays re emerge in the darkness after the summer s 24 hours of daylight this is a wonderful time to travel as you can often see the aurora reflected in the as yet unfrozen lakes and.
The northern lights danced for us three nights in a row.
Until 1 a m and in finland the temperatures regularly sink to 22 fahrenheit.
Had it not been for bad weather we would have seen the lights on the other nights too.
Below are some tips for becoming a northern lights hunter yourself.
Discovering finland on january 11 2018 at 10 58 am regarding the noises the auroras make national geographic have reported finnish scientists have not only shown that they really happen but now the team thinks they know why.
Just bear in mind that northern lights viewing means being outside from about 9 p m.
The northern lights are visible on roughly 200 nights a year or every other clear night in finnish lapland.
The season for northern lights in finland is longer than is some neighboring countries and stretches from september through march.
The northern lights return to the skies towards the end of august when the nights are drawing in once more.
The northern lights dancing up above is such a powerful and unique natural phenomenon it changes lives down on earth.
How to get to finland and to the northern lights destinations of finnish lapland.
March is also considered to be the month with the clearest skies.