Your chances are better if you know which direction to watch. If you don’t have a great sense of direction, just ask a local. The Northern Lights are often as normal as the sun rising to a local and they can tell you which direction they most often appear. The Northern Lights appear in a spectrum of colors, most commonly green 7. The Aurora Borealis appears in a spectrum of colors. Including white-gray. The unique colors of the Northern Lights are created by the Earth’s spectra of gases and the height in the atmosphere where the collision of particles from the sun and the Earth’s gases takes place.
10 Things No One Ever Tells You About Northern Lights - Luxe Adventure TravelerMy quest to see the Northern Lights began in September 2011 and we’ve been chasing them every winter season since. I had literally just left from visiting Tim while he was living in Iceland and the very next night the Northern Lights danced for a week straight. They were so bright and so active, they even kept him up at night.
Our naked eye can most easily see the green-yellow part of the spectrum where the sun emits most of its light. Green is the most common color observed but the Northern Lights can also appear white-gray. And a cloudy night if you’ve never seen them before, you might not even be entirely sure of what you’re looking at.
As we waited for the first signs of the Northern Lights, I told him to look north. “We’re already in the north, so they can start anywhere, ” Tim retorted back. Not believing me (typical! ), I enlisted the help of a Northern Lights guide to confirm that the Northern Lights almost always start from the direction north. When heading out to hunt for Northern Lights on your own, ensure you know which direction is north. The Aurora is unpredictable and can be very short lived. And when it is dim, it can look like a wispy gray or white cloud so it can also be easy to miss.
You can consult with weather websites like WeatherSpark or The Weather Channel to find the averages for both temperature and precipitation when planning your trip. Weather in the Arctic can change very quickly 4. The weather in the Arctic can change in the blink of an eye. The weather in the Arctic is as notoriously unpredictable as the Northern Lights themselves. It’s not unusual to have sunshine, clouds, rain, sleet, hail, snow and high winds all in the same day.
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Which leads us to our next tip… The Northern Lights could appear for minutes or hours 5. You have to put effort into seeing the Northern Lights. As we said before, it has to be dark to see the Northern Lights. That may mean you need to get out of the city to avoid light pollution. The Northern Lights are visible in cities like Reykjavik and Tromsø when they are at the strongest, but your best bet is to seek out spots in the Arctic countryside. Northern Lights tours are great because the tour operators have been chasing the Northern Lights for years and can find the best spots for potential viewing even when there is low hanging cloud cover.
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