In fact the northern lights are caused by the sun.
Northern lights in finland 2018.
The northern lights dancing up above is such a powerful and unique natural phenomenon it changes lives down on earth.
It was a magical experience seeing the northern lights from our igloo bungalow in kakslauttanen resort in lapland finland.
Until 1 a m and in finland the temperatures regularly sink to 22 fahrenheit.
Other northern lights mythology in finland held that the aurora was the spouts sprayed into the night sky by whales.
When particles are emitted by the sun and strike atoms in the earth s atmosphere these atoms light up producing the beautiful colors we see in the aurora borealis.
Below are some tips for becoming a northern lights hunter yourself.
The aurora borealis northern lights is seen in the sky in ivalo of lapland finland september 27 2019.
Being one of the best places to spot the aurorae finland has even received immigration because of them.
The northern lights return to the skies towards the end of august when the nights are drawing in once more.
Reuters alexander kuznetsov reuters saturday september 28 2019.
Had it not been for bad weather we would have seen the lights on the other nights too.
The northern lights danced for us three nights in a row.
As a matter of fact autumn and early spring are the best time for catching the northern lights as solar activity is quite intense and reliable.
The season for northern lights in finland is longer than is some neighboring countries and stretches from september through march.
An island girl from the tropics.
How to get to finland and to the northern lights destinations of finnish lapland.
The more traditional ways to go aurora spotting are snowshoeing cross country skiing or snowmobile and sled dog touring.
We spent over a week in lapland during late december and early january and were among the extremely fortunate.
March is also considered to be the month with the clearest skies.
Just bear in mind that northern lights viewing means being outside from about 9 p m.