Spectacular Norway Northern Lights

The Northern Lights or Aurora Borealis are a natural phenomenon that can paint the night sky with unearthly, surreal colours.

There are several myths about the Northern Lights. One of them says you should avoid waiving, singing or whistling at the Northern Lights. People used to believe that the spirits would come down and take you away.
Some Alaskan Inuits would hide their children, and sometimes try to throw dog excrement and urine up in the air to make the lights go away.

Nowadays we know that these dramatic and colourful lights are created when electrically charged particles from solar winds enter the earth’s atmosphere and interact with gases in the atmosphere.

The stronger the solar winds are the more intense the Northern Lights will glow.

The colour depends on the type of atmospheric gas and although mostly you see them glowing in a greenish colour, they can be seen in many different colours from creamy yellow to lavender purple and sometimes they will fade from one colour to the next.

Typically they occur within the Arctic Circle, but with a little luck they can also be seen further South.