Norway-lights.com Website Review

EXPLANATION OF THE SYMBOLS The northern lights are present all year around, but we can’t see them unless the evenings and nights are dark. Also, the northern lights are above the highest clouds, which means that we need a clear sky to be able to see them. Cloudy skies are the main obstacles for observing the northern lights in Northern Norway. The app’s icons are based on two factors; northern light activity and clouds. When the activity is high, the northern light icon has a bright color. When the activity is lower, the color fades. The size and number of clouds indicates how cloudy the sky is. The recommendation: GO, TRY, WAIT is a combination of the northern light activity and how cloudy the sky is. It gives you an indication HOW DOES THE PHENOMENON OCCUR? The northern lights are a physical phenomenon that occurs when electrically charged particles from the sun hurtle towards the Earth. The light becomes visible when the particles collide with gases in the Earth's atmosphere. The Earth’s magnetic field directs the particles towards the openings near the North and South Poles, and thus the phenomenon can only be observed near the magnetic poles. The polar light in the northern hemisphere is called aurora borealis - or northern lights - while the polar lights in the southern hemisphere are called aurora australis, the southern lights. THE COLOUR SPECTRUM OF THE NORTHERN LIGHTS The northern lights can be many different colours. This is determined by the gases with which the particles from the sun collide. This, in turn, is determined by the altitude at which the collision takes place in the atmosphere. The visible northern lights are from 90 to approximately 150 kilometres above the Earth's surface, and the The northern lights are influenced by activity on the sun, and strong solar winds increase and intensify the northern lights. The northern lights are therefore always present. Historically, the chances of seeing the northern lights are best viewed in Northern Norway between