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Dancing across the clear skies, the amazing Auroa Borealis are truly a sight to behold. Icelandic photographer Kristjan Unnar Kristjansson - also known as 'Kiddi' - has spent the last nine years capturing the kaleidoscopic light show in his native homeland. 'These are some of my very favourite Aurora Borealis photos that I have taken in recent years,' said the 31-year-old from Reykjavik in Iceland.
'No words can properly describe the experience. Even though I've seen them now and again throughout my life, I'm still awe-inspired and flabbergasted every time they show up.' Also known as the northern and southern polar lights, the natural light displays are governed by sun storms and are usually observed at night. In northern latitudes the effect is known as the Aurora Borealis, named after the Roman goddess of dawn, Aurora, and the Greek name for the north wind, Boreas.
The auroras are with us all year round. In Iceland, the summers never go dark so you wouldn't be able to see them, even though they are there.
Originally posted by midnightbrigade
But!!! I have been so fortunate to see the Aurora-Boreanaz!
Tromsø is in the middle of the Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) zone, and is in fact one of the best places in the world to observe this phenomenon. Because of the planet's rotation, Tromsø moves into the aurora zone around 6 pm, and moves out again around midnight. As it is light round the clock in the summer, no aurora is visible between late April and mid-August.
Originally posted by anon72
Now I think I am confused.
Do these Northern lights happen in other parts of the upper latitudes? Or rather-are they visiable all over the place?
I see others say they saw they in Pa, Ny etc.-in the more middle to southern areas? Is that possible to catch a view down that far, every once in a while?
Originally posted by Honor93
yes, the AB can be seen all over the world ...
Originally posted by Hellmutt
Originally posted by Honor93
yes, the AB can be seen all over the world ...
Actually, the Aurora Borealis can only be seen at the northern hemisphere, while the equivalent for the southern hemisphere is called Aurora Australis.