Finland...again

[Geoff M]

A few more images from Finland. These images were shot one night when we went searching for the Aurora Borealis. We had a good fire going for cooking sausages and keeping warm while drinking some warming mulled wine. This very night we encountered our coldest temperatures in Finland and the coldest temperature I have ever had to endure.....-20 dec C.





The Aurora Borealis has 'good shows' in ten year cycles and conicidentally winter 2013/2014 is the year. That said, the Northern Lights we sighted were not brilliant but atleast I did get to see them and record an image or two. This is the best from about ten frames as the 'show' on this particular night only lasted 10 minutes. I was stood on this frozen river for 2 1/2 hours in -20 Deg C, and the camera performed flawlessly. I however needed a little thawing out!

[chrisk]

That first image is magnificent.
A story telling image loaded with atmosphere.

[Matt. K]

MINUS 20! I guess you put your T shirt back on?

[biggerry]

ball hugging weather...

nice shots Geoff. Really like teh Aurora Borealis one...

[zafra52]

Good photos. I like them all, but I like the 3rd one best
with that green line. I always thought the Aurora Borealis
looked like curtains seen from the bottom up.

[Remorhaz]

That first image is magnificent. A story telling image loaded with atmosphere.

Agreed - I do like that one too

The Aurora is also o course very nice - would love to see one of these myself one day (maybe in Tasmania?)

[Geoff M]

Thanks all for looking.

Good photos. I like them all, but I like the 3rd one best
with that green line. I always thought the Aurora Borealis
looked like curtains seen from the bottom up.

Aurora Borealis appear in all sorts of patterns and indeed a common form is the curtain type. The most often seen colours are the green as I have posted here, but you do get other colours, pinks/purples and combined colours.

The Aurora is also o course very nice - would love to see one of these myself one day (maybe in Tasmania?)

Aurora Australis in the southern hemisphere but I don't think Tasmania is far enough south to be viewed. You may be lucky in the southern reaches of the south island of NZ.

[Remorhaz]

Aurora Australis in the southern hemisphere but I don't think Tasmania is far enough south to be viewed. You may be lucky in the southern reaches of the south island of NZ.

I'm pretty sure I've seen some shots of it from some people in Tassie

[Mr Darcy]

Aurora Australis in the southern hemisphere but I don't think Tasmania is far enough south to be viewed. You may be lucky in the southern reaches of the south island of NZ.

It can be seen a LOT further north than that.
I remember seeing one once when I was in Jindabyne (Southern NSW) one winter. It would have been about '92 or '93.
I didn't know what it was at first as, like you, I thought I was too far north for the Aurora, but it was reported in the news the next day.
Mind you that was an exceptional one.
It does mean that I am one a relatively few who have seen both the Borealis and the Australis.

[Geoff M]

Aurora Australis in the southern hemisphere but I don't think Tasmania is far enough south to be viewed. You may be lucky in the southern reaches of the south island of NZ.

It can be seen a LOT further north than that.
I remember seeing one once when I was in Jindabyne (Southern NSW) one winter. It would have been about '92 or '93.
I didn't know what it was at first as, like you, I thought I was too far north for the Aurora, but it was reported in the news the next day.
Mind you that was an exceptional one.
It does mean that I am one a relatively few who have seen both the Borealis and the Australis.

Obviously the likelihood of seeing it further north is diminished and as you said to see one as far north as NSW would be an exception.

The best place to be is of course either the arctic or antarctic and then there are no guarantees! The night after seeing the Borealis we had a nights accommodation booked in a glass igloo where we had hoped to see the Borealis again from the comfort and warmth of a comfy bed, but alas it was raining and cloudy so we didn't even see the moon and stars.