Aurora Borealis, other wise called Northern Lights is supposedly a Celestial Phenomenon which can be observed in places above the Arctic Circle on a Clear night. To read more about Aurora go here. One of the places where it can be viewed best is North of Norway. So we decided to go to Tromso, a city in the North of Norway which is located 70 Deg. North of Arctic Circle, aslo called gateway to the Arctic. When you hear Arctic Circle, you already feel the cold as if you are going to be shut in a Freezer or in a Eskimo Igloo. Well to a large extent, it was like that. Temperatures around -5 and -10 Deg. C and even colder in the night with chill winds. 
Few of us friends from work decided to go here to try our luck to view the Aurora. First factor was the Solar activity which cannot be predicted much in advance and second is weather, which stood against us. But we took out chances with a forecast of not so clear skies and cloudy weather with some snow fall and medium Solar activity. Unfortunately when it cleared out, Solar activity was at its low and we could not see the Aurora even after staying in tromso for 4 nights. We did get to see some of the Arctic Museums, a Cool Arctic Cathedral and also did Dog Sledging on a Very Cold Snowy night(padded up with a warm suit to survive the Cold Outdoors :) and finished off with Dinner and Coffee in a Sami(Original inhabitants of the Arctic region, Sort of tribes) Hut. It was a cool(literally) trip all in all, but due to our bad luck we couldnt see the Aurora. Oh.. well.. maybe next time... Photos from the trip to Tromso
4 comments:
Aww. Be on the lookout!One day, it might just pop in front of Otc:D
rombave nakkal unakku.. ivalavu selavu panni paakalayenu, enaku vaitherichal.. athula nakkal vera..*sigh* Paati bashaila sonna.. ellan avan vitta vazhi..
who knows .. i might just see it one day while walking back home from work.. there was a sighting in oslo in Dec.. I missed it.. check this out..
http://www.aftenposten.no/english/bildeserier/article1575745.ece
Hey1am not joking. I know a person on my boat who saw it in front of otc!
I aint joking either.. did u check out the link? there was a sighting in oslo last dec.... just that its very rare and u ve got to be damn lucky to be there at the right time to see it.. but up north chances are more on a clear day.. as u say i better get luicky to see it outside OTC..
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