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Wow! What a sight!

I was on a skiing holiday in Lapland last week and got an incredible sighting one evening.

I was also surprised at the quality of the downhill skiing - not the length and size of the Alps. A bit like Scotland in terms of length and variety, but on a superb deep snow base and almost empty floodlit pistes. Bitterly cold though and you have to not mind drag lifts.

In reply to Trangia:

Any pictures? I've been contemplating going to Tromso this year specifically to see the lights.

In reply to Sebastian Fontleroy:

Unfortunsately not. I've only got a simple compact. To get good pics you will need something like a 10 second exposure camera and a tripod.

In reply to Trangia:
Thanks for bringing the snow back with you

In reply to Trangia:

What type did you see?

The large bands of green that move very slowly...

Or the mix of greens and reds that clearly move fairly quickly?

In reply to Trangia:

aye, seen it once on the plane back from a day trip to iceland...

great to see it for real

In reply to Gaupa:

Mainly the wavy bands of green which moved slowly from east to west over a period of 7 minutes with intermittant streaks of red and yellow included . These were preceded by a hallo of white.

Absolutely stunning to watch

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Lovely display in Scotland last week.....

S

In reply to Trangia:

Ah well. I don't know anything about photography but would have been good to catch. Made up you got to see them.

In reply to Trangia:


Which resort were you at? "Lapland" covers four different countries!

In reply to Trangia:

Nice one. I have only ever managed to see it once, and that was from the A66!

In reply to Slugain Howff:

Where abouts?

In reply to NottsRich:

Shetland, Moray Coast, Fife and probably a few other areas as well. Last Thursday night.

In reply to Trangia: saw them in Bjorkliden few years ago . They were out every night for the week. Yet to see them in scotland though.

In reply to Trangia:

I've seen them in Cheshire! Full show, red and green shimmering curtains. In July 2000.

In reply to TobyA:

Yllas, Finland

Apparantly they came out a couple of nights later, but we were asleep!

In reply to Douglas Griffin:

I saw them at the seafront at Stonehaven end of last year, the forecast wasn't that strong either.

If you know it, the Cairn O'Mount road is a good spot on a clear night - very little light pollution up there.