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Sorry mate, but you did not see them properly. In February, we had some that looked like in the video to the naked eye. And I was in the outskirts of Stockholm,
by patall 3y ago
Sorry mate, but you did not see them properly. In February, we had some that looked like in the video to the naked eye. And I was in the outskirts of Stockholm, so neither that remote nor that far north. Obviously doesn't happen that often, though the locals weren't bothered much.
- Aachen 3y agoI know it gets better than what I saw in general, but this was about three months of being in Finland and Iceland cumulatively (both times during fall). Figured that's the best most people can hope to see, at least without specifically going very far north at the right time of year for this specific purpose, and so the pictures just aren't representative of what you are likely to see while in these countries
- bjornasm 3y ago>Figured that's the best most people can hope to see(...) so the pictures just aren't representative of what you are likely to see while in these countries Its quite wrong to assume your three month experience is representative for what you would expect to see of northern lights in Iceland and Finland.
- Aachen 3y agoI don't think most people's holidays are going to be longer? Not sure what makes you say that. I understand one might get lucky or unlucky, are you saying my 3 months happened to be extremely unlucky and therefore it's "quite wrong" that this can be extrapolated to an average experience when visiting the countries?
- mcv 3y agoThere's probably a big difference between what you could see under ideal circumstances, and what you're likely to see during a normal vacation.
- hydrok9 3y agoI live in Winnipeg, way south of Finland, and I've seen spectacular northern lights not far from here.
- mcv 3y agoReally? Isn't Winnipeg only 50 degrees north? That's south of Amsterdam, and we can absolutely never see northern lights here. It's something for which you need to go to northern Scandinavia.
- hydrok9 3y agoYup. It also gets down to -40 in the winter.
- mcv 3y agoI'm less surprised about that. Land climate and no warm gulf stream makes for a totally different climate. But I didn't expect the northern lights to be ruled by temperature.
- patall 3y agoI think it is more ruled by the earth magnetic field. And as the magnetic pole is closer to north america, you have them further (geographically) south there.
- mcv 3y agoThat's a lot more likely. Magnetic North is 80 degrees north rather than 90, and in Canada, so if you can see the northern lights at 50 degrees there, that would be comparable to 60 or 70 degrees elsewhere.
- hydrok9 3y agoPatall is right, I was just pointing out another surprising winter-related fact. But it's not surprising if you understand weather systems.
- mcv 3y agoI'm in Amsterdam and I can't even see the stars at night, but in Stockholm they get this and don't even care?