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Tall swirling pillars of bright green light brought our journey back to a halt 19.11.21

The bright clear sky flooded with light from the full moon and kept the location of the northern lights a secret. But finally as we were around the fire, the call to go out was heard. The display was beginning, tall shafts of green light began to form in an arc across out sky. This…
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Hazy moonlight could not stop the northern lights tonight 14.11.21

We arrived to our viewing spot relieved to see the sky was much clearer at this location. Straight away the northern lights crept across our hazy moonlit sky. A race to set up cameras but the northern lights were in a generous mood, they just kept coming back bright over the evening. The quad bike…
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The moon set, the sky cleared completely and the northern lights performed 12.11.21

We headed out into the wilderness under a cloudy sky, expectations were not great but as we know you must always give nature a chance. We arrived to our viewing spot and the first stars began to appear, the moon got lower in the sky and set as the cloud vanished to reveal very pale…
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Out in the wilderness the sky opened above us 11.11.21

As we got closer to our destination we spotted stars above us. Pulling off the road to stop and check the situation reveals such bright stars in an opening sky. We hurried to our destination, just a little further and yes the sky was clear. We walked to our viewing spot and from there we…
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Great northern lights and a billion stars 10.11.21

We headed out of a cloudy Rovaniemi to head out into the wilderness to our viewing location, stopping to check the sky on the way. So many stars out away from the city and a ghostly pale arc of the northern lights to give hope of more to come. Once at our viewing spot the…
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The best was saved till last 08.11.21

We stopped on our way out into the wilderness to watch an early display of the northern lights from one of our spotting places, what a start to the evening. We finally made it to our destination to see the display brighten again, the northern lights were explained while we watched the very topic being…
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