Northern Lights - December 2013

[applefreak]

Guess im lucky to have an experience guide. He is very pro and maybe there a few spots which is popular in tromso. Must have the belief that u can see and it will come..haha

enjoy and good luck to ya

i'll be going with gunnar for a few nights
hopefully he will be able to bring us to the right spots too

am now in a dilemma as to whether to go to the polar zoo or not
it's quite far from tromso but really tempted by the close-up experience with the animals...
anyone tried that?

 

[air_pork]

i'll be going with gunnar for a few nights
hopefully he will be able to bring us to the right spots too

am now in a dilemma as to whether to go to the polar zoo or not
it's quite far from tromso but really tempted by the close-up experience with the animals...
anyone tried that?

Wow if u hunting at Tromsø I would say the chance is quite high cos all the hotels got aurora tour and I saw 1 tour say free the next day tour if fail to see the light. So they must be quite confidence.

I went out of Tromsø too, about 80 mins drive to camp tamok for snow activities. To and fro, plus time spent there will takes about half of yr day. But of course worth it cos u can get away from the city.

 

[coolhead]

Looks like I'll have to go to Norway Tromso in future to spot the lights. It's been cloudy here and temperatures are only -1 to -8 degrees celsius past few days....

Has been here for 5 days but no lights seen yet. Still have 3 full days to go.

 

[swatchie]

Wow if u hunting at Tromsø I would say the chance is quite high cos all the hotels got aurora tour and I saw 1 tour say free the next day tour if fail to see the light. So they must be quite confidence.

I went out of Tromsø too, about 80 mins drive to camp tamok for snow activities. To and fro, plus time spent there will takes about half of yr day. But of course worth it cos u can get away from the city.

Lights are no guarantee even @ Tromso. I was there 5 days and only managed to catch it on my last night.

 

[applefreak]

Lights are no guarantee even @ Tromso. I was there 5 days and only managed to catch it on my last night.

yup no one can guarantee anything
it's really based on luck...
but at least my guide is willing to go as far as finland to try and catch it
so need to bring passport when going on his tour

the only way i can console myself is that if i didn't get to see it this time
i have an excuse to go back there...

 

[applefreak]

Looks like I'll have to go to Norway Tromso in future to spot the lights. It's been cloudy here and temperatures are only -1 to -8 degrees celsius past few days....

Has been here for 5 days but no lights seen yet. Still have 3 full days to go.

keeping my fingers and toes crossed for you
GOOD LUCK!

 

[air_pork]

keeping my fingers and toes crossed for you
GOOD LUCK!

How is it applefreak? Last few days the activities has been very strong... saw some photo posted by some lights hunter from norway. Hope u see it ya...

 

[applefreak]

How is it applefreak? Last few days the activities has been very strong... saw some photo posted by some lights hunter from norway. Hope u see it ya...

won't be there till late mar
hopefully there's still activities left till then...

 

[air_pork]

Kp index 6 today!

Whooooaaa... powerful & strong

 

[alpc]

won't be there till late mar
hopefully there's still activities left till then...

If it hits the equinox, then chances are it will hit good scale for it as equinox usually see higher chance of CME and geo storms.

 

[applefreak]

If it hits the equinox, then chances are it will hit good scale for it as equinox usually see higher chance of CME and geo storms.

i'll be there from 23, a few days after the equinox
hopefully i'll be able to see some display *fingers, toes and eyes all crossed*

 

[purebee]

Any updates for 2015 / 2016?

Useful tools to predict the lights
- Auroral Activity by Solar Rotation map to plan up to 28 days in advance.
- Auora-Service.eu forecast for hourly, daily and 3 days Forecast.

Here's some tips to see the northern lights the coming year!
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