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For what it's worth... growing up in Tromsø, we have auroras a few dozen times per winter usually. They were always strong enough to be easily seen, often quit

For what it's worth... growing up in Tromsø, we have auroras a few dozen times per winter usually. They were always strong enough to be easily seen, often quite dramatic. It really does look like that if you're far enough north.

codetrotter 2y ago
For sure. As mentioned though we were in the middle of Norway, not north. Well, actually the proper term for where we were at is East Norway. And I guess by official standards the middle of Norway is further north than where I consider the middle of Norway to be. To be very specific, we were in Gjøvik.
- erikbye 2y ago
  Here's a few crappy phone pics from near Oslo on a night (evening, around 19 I think) it was very visible with the naked eye. 0.5 seconds exposure. https://www.flickr.com/search/?sort=date-taken-desc&safe_search=1&tags=auroraborealis&user_id=198742796%40N02&view_all=1 https://www.flickr.com/search/?sort=date-taken-desc&safe_sea...
  - codetrotter 2y ago
    That’s awesome! Wish I get to see it that visible too.
dotancohen 2y ago
I was lucky enough to be in Tromsø in February 2013 during the last solar cycle maximum. It was absolutely amazing, even a local who we happened upon near one of the fjords while he was cross country skiing - in the middle of the night - said that he had never seen such aurora. They were gold and purple along with the more common greens and reds that we had seen all week.