Whole sky Aurora!
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- čas přidán 5. 12. 2013
- So I recently had to head north of the Arctic circle for a science conference. For me this was my first time north of the Arctic circle and I was REALLY excited about it because even though I've been an astronomer almost all my life, I've never seen the aurora borealis.
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Very nice! I also liked the music. The lead-in with the plane time-lapse was great too.
I've been living in Finland for two years and didn't manage to see any... You come for a conference and you get them... Damn you are lucky!
they are actually really common in Finland in the North. And some times you can see them as south as Helsinki if you look for them.
I live in southern Finland and last winter I was able to see a glimmer of green all the way from here. Just goes to show how high up they are.
The enthusiasm reminds me of my first total sun eclipse. Haven't witnessed auroras yet.
When I first moved from the south of Sweden (where there are no northern lights) up to the north back in 2006, I saw my first northern lights that same winter. Me and my brother were out walking in the woods and the snow had melted and frosen several times during a few days which made it so hard you could walk on top of it without breaking through it. And then the northern lights began overhead. In a matter of minutes the whole sky had filled up with a violent display of every colour you can imagine, not just the regular green which most auroras are up here. My brother and I lay down on the snow to see the sky easier and we started laughing with joy over seing this beautiful display that lasted for well over forty minutes.
The day after we saw on the morning news that this aurora had been visible all the way from ISS and had been the strongest one in our part of the world for several years. Now, every time I see an aurora starting up, I hope it'll be just as strong as that first one I saw, but it hasn't been. At most I've seen it shift from green to blue, red and purple, but all the other colours sadly didn't manifest. Still hoping it'll happen again some night.
I always love the early 90's techno music on Thunderf00t's videos
Growing up in Michigan, I did see the aurora once every few years, but that looked way more spectacular than we ever got. Thanks for sharing the video.
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Ensin Itsenäisyyspäivä ja sitten Suomi netissä. Voiko parempaa ollakkaan! :D
That happens so many times where I live, I don't really care anymore, glad to see someone actually pay attention to it again though :)
Sometimes on a clear night, you can actually see them from Colorado. And they look like textbook aurora borealis too, It looks like the thinnest, tiniest strip of curtains wavering around in the far distance. It's really weird looking.
i would love to see them. Hope to go to iceland in the new year. I also like the fact they are beautiful but utterly deadly
***** Actually, I'm in the Pikes Peak region now but I would see them out on the plains in northeastern Colorado on a really high plateau. I have seen them here only once but it was a weird anomaly related to aurora Borealis in which the entire sky turned dark red and pink for the whole night and everything was glowing all weird. Nobody knew what was going on and I straight up thought that doomsday had arrived. It was crazy as hell, We found out what it was the next day.
Absolutely beautiful! Thank you very much for sharing this.
I love how in the arctic you can see the stars wheel around you, rather than travel from east to west!
Great for you! From the city I don't get to see them as awesome as I used to from small towns but it's always a treat to get to see them in person. I hope you get another chance.
Excellent adventure! Thank you for sharing what adventures science has to offer.
Great video! It was very pretty indeed :)
I hope you never stop making videos, even when you are old and retired, because you truly produce some great ones!
They can certainly be amazing. I've seen them many times in Canada. And I'm in the populated region of Canada (south). Once, they looked like a kaleidoscope looking directly upward, very cool.
So happy for you! Fantastic. I hope to see the Aurora myself someday!
It's always eye-opening to look at the window and see that you are thousands of feet ABOVE the clouds!!!!
Magnificent. Congrats on achieving this personal milestone!
Awesome that you visited Finland, I hope you make another video telling about your trip :D
How awesome it is to see you so excited about science, I feel the same way. So much more beautiful than a burning bush.
TF - I love the way you love and appreciate science so much. Amazing how many creatards will never experience this joy.
Beautiful!
That must have been SO cool, no pun intended! Lol I love the pic at the end.
The last time I saw one was back when I lived in Montana and then it was only once because it's rare for them come that far down.
Congrats on seeing one, they're beautiful!
Thunderf00t, I'm glad you were able to witness the aurora. I was lucky enough to grow up in southeast Alaska, and even though the aurora isn't quite as impressive there as it is in your video, I was able to see it every winter. It really is an amazing thing to see, and video does not do it justice.
I was lucky on a flight from Seattle to Iceland, while going over Greenland I got to see the Aurora out beside our plane in the distance. The big green curtain looked great while it lasted.
It was one of the few times I have been able to see them. I did once see them in the sky down here in my home of Vancouver Canada once. Crazy they were this far south.
I've been lucky on few occasions for the Aurora to come as far south as the foothills outside of Seattle. For nothing more then charged particles and magnetic fields, it's quite beautiful.
Great time lapse as always.
Thank you for sharing this moment. Amazing video. ;) I hope one day I will get to see it myself :)
Awesome. I might have to go out tonight and brave the -10F temps to try and see them over the lake. I'm in Northern Minnesota so we can sometimes see them pretty well in the winter. Finally after 4 days straight of snow it's clear skies!
Even more amazing far out in the wilderness, where it is literally dead silent during winter and suddenly the aurora comes cracking like electric fire through the night sky, it can indeed be really loud some times as well. :)
Very nice, i tried doing this during a few geomagnetic storms this year but only got stars.. you have a much wider lens than I do, looks amazing!
Thank you! More time laps of the night sky would be awesome. I loved getting to see the northern lights from this perspective. Thanks again Thunderf00t!!
I'm happy you finally got to see it :)
Honestly can say this video brought a tear to my eye. I share a very similar fantasy. It seems like you enjoyed your time and experience. I hope one day I can venture to some of the places you've had the privilege of visiting. Hard work goes a long way when thinking back on experiences like this, doesn't it? Keep up the great work man! This video compounds my love for your time lapse videos and the amazing content you work so hard to create for like minded people :)!
Weirdly enough since I've seen the aurora countless times on film, the ice forming was the coolest part of this vid.
Beautiful.
Seeing this brings back a memory for me that is vague, but still very much there (I was 9 at the time so my memory of this is not very vivid).
I remember in 2004 being able to spot the aurora borealis from here in southwest Iowa. We were quite a ways outside of town and it was a pretty clear night. We had just picked up my sister from her friend's house and we were on our way back home. I told my mom and she called bullshit. Next day, she looks around on the internet and there are photos taken from Blair, Nebraska of the northern lights. Literally about a half hour away from here. Now, the photos from there had a better view than I got, but what I saw, while faint, I still remain convinced were part of the same thing seen a short drive northwest of here.
I can't seem to find the photos that my mother saw the day after I had told her about it, but you can find records from very late 2004 of the lights being that far south. Some of the photos are goddamn beautiful and I wish I had back then the kind of gear that I have now. Back then, all I had was a Sony MiniDV camcorder which was very much less than capable of capturing anything in the lighting I was given.
I love seeing images like this, the lights have always fascinated me and I cannot wait until I have the right gear and the right occasion happens again. Loved the video, Phil.
The Aurora Borealis & a shooting star . . lucky duck!
I love heaps of Thunderf00t videos, but none have ever bought a tear to my eye before. This is the apex of CZcams. If mankind is destroyed and we only leave one trace of our civilization, I hope it is this video. Well done as always, mighty Thunder. W00t!
I have never been on a plane. I am so glad you put that in the video. It was such a neat thing for me to see.
The northern lights are wonderful. I live in teh city now and I miss them a lot! I'm glad you got to experience them!
Congrats on your catch! Looks like an awesome trip. ^^
So freaking awesome!
Pretty awesome Thunderf00t! Glad your dream has come true :-)
Thanks for sharing this!
What an amazing experience. Would love to see that.
Very cool Thunderf00t. Thanks for sharing!
Wondeful I'm envious.
Finland, Finland, Finland, the Country where I quite long to be.
Pony trekking or camping, or watching TV.
Sweet shot of the Arora, from a place I would love to visit myself one day.
grats on getting to see the aurora thunderfoot :)
it is truly amazing :) sadly i've moved southward so that i dont get to see it anymore.
there used to be an interesting myth about it..
that we could look at it as much as we wanted, but if one greeted it or waved or something like that.. it could come down and take us away :P
Amazing footage, well done even with the shooting star as a small bonus!!
Good job, TF. I've always wanted to see them too.
Growing up in northern Alaska, I must say the aurora borealis is unmatched when it comes to beauty. If you thought that was beautiful, during January when it is nearly pitch black in Alaska, the aurora borealis lights the snow covered ground with purples and greens, where without it there'd be nothing but complete darkness.
I saw the Aurora Borealis once here in Tennessee, right around this time of year about 10 years ago. Guess I just got lucky! It was amazing, mainly reds and a few greens.
You have earned my like. Good job.
I've seen the aurora numerous times in Maine. It still awesome every time I see it. Video really does not give it justice.
the aurora is beautiful you can see it where i live (northern Scotland) on the right night wish i could take a trip to northern Scandinavia to see it in it's true glory
I got to see it for the first time this year when I went on a mission near the Arctic Circle. I was so amazed I took bad photos.
Fantastic!
Seriously AMAZING!
Fantastic video, I'd love to see the Aurora myself someday.
I remember being 14-15 years old, getting ready for bed and looking out the window.
The most amazing aurora borealis. I have since then not seen anything coming even close to the amount of light in the sky I saw that night.
It is beautiful indeed, but seeing it pretty much every clear night kinda strips the magic away a little.
one quickly becomes a connoisseur of the really good ones. We are moving into a more active time in regards to the sun, so with some luck we might get some really nice shows during this and the next couple of winters.
That was awesome! Have to go to Norway/Sweden/Finland sometime!
I've been able to see some amazing auroras in northern michigan, but not a whole sky. That was beautiful.
I feel lucky that I have lived in Alaska for most of my life. I have seen the aurora many times ( but its still amazes me every time I see it) ^_^
Amazing, I can only hope that I will see it one day!
Marvelous!!
Sweeeet ^__^ Hope you enjoyed the trip as much as I did the music :D
Also, the shape of the aurora reminds me of an oil stain in water. Very oddly shaped~~
Oh man. remember being in Lapland for a week sky were filled with auroras every day and night, considering sun set at like 4PM.
I live in Calgary Alberta and the Aurora is fairly rare (well I never see it anyway) here but a couple months ago it was very bright and across the sky right over head, I figured it was due to the solar maximum and that we where in a solar storm, I checked the NOAA web site and there was a class 2 geo magnetic storm, it was visible for 3 days, pretty amazing.
I've seen aurora in Michigan many times. Since the north magnetic pole is in the Western hemisphere it makes sense that growing up in northern Europe you might not have seen them.
Yup! I only saw the Aurora twice in 65 years, both times from Michigan when I lived there as a kid.
lassi kinnunen Yeah, those northern European countries are mostly closer to the magnetic north pole than Michigan.
lol!! It's lovely to see (hear) you so excited about the Northern Lights!! WOo Hoo :)
couple years back where i live "green bay wisconsin" was out fishing 1 day and all of a sudden the sky had upside down rainbows then it turned into streaks of color across the sky was cool too see it as iv never seen or heard of that befor
living in canada, i see it pretty often, especially in times of heavy solar activity. Its a amazing site for sure :)
I've seen the aurora a few times just in Chicago, Northern Indiana, and in Minnesota.
Bloody amazing. I envy you. A little. Just amazing.
Wow, it was your first time here and you already knew how to travel in Finland correctly. Fly to Helsinki, don't even leave the airport and just go to the northern half to see the nature. I'm impressed.
Totally jealous. I saw it in from Fairbanks about 20 yrs ago. It was great.
I've seen auroras a few times, they usually look like hanging drapes. But I've never seen them with such intense colours.
hmmm, i always thought the arctic circle was north of the tree line, guess you learn something new every day. (trees in your video) my parents have recently moved to Iqaluit, looking forward to visiting them there and possibly seeing grander aurora than I've seen to date
This is why i love you dude
I've never seen a thunderfoot video with such frantically excited captions ^>^
Toooo cool. I'm chartreuse with envy. Cheers mate!
I was very young when I saw my first Aurora maybe 5 or 6 years old. It scared the hell out of me. I haven't seen an Aurora in quite some time. They are visible as far south as my location along the southern shore of Lake Ontario. We always seem to be socked in with low dense cloud cover whenever the Aurora Borealis makes its way this far south. :-(
this is my favorite awesome phenomena in all of nature.
=]
this january i spent five days in Tromsö, norway, but the layer of clouds was probably as thick as on jupiter and the light pollution was ridiculous. didn't see any on the way to the nordkapp either, but caught some faint ones on camera. i'm going to try again over christmas in northern sweden and in february in northern finland. i really hope to see some.
During the previous Solar Maximum, one strong storm brought visible Auroras as South as Texas and I saw the Northern sky glowing red, all viewed from my back yard. ;-)
Just this moment I am looking at a sky on fire with aurora borealis. I live in the northernmost town of Iceland. A very common thing here in the winter, but the amazement never wears out. ;)
I was more excited to see the stars passing in a circle (from the camera's perspective) than the aurora. I should have expected it but it surprised me.
I had an unusual experience on a summer Thursday back in 1989. My brother and I went to our local sports centre in Ottawa, to find that someone had set up a telescope in the parking lot with a sun filter. Intriuged, we took a look, and he pointed out a sunspot just off center, and said that he couldn't remember which way the sun was rotating but that it meant we might have see an aurora in a couple of days.
As it happened, two days later I was having a party at our family cottage near Kingston. I stepped out Saturday night, looked up, thought that there was only one thing that could be, and alerted my friends. We then spent several hours watching the first, and still the best, aurora display I've ever seen.
That was probably the weekend that they had the "direct hit" in Quebec that knocked out power stations.
Never seen it either. On my bucket list for sure though.
Personally, I really like it when you cover things that you love rather than things you hate :D
Congratulations!
That's amazing! :)
Congrats, that's pretty cool.
Beautiful :)
Congrats!
You didn't see it while in Great Britain? I'm a lttle surprised. I live in upper Michigan and over Lake Superior they are amazing. love your stuff!
I noticed something in the sky above my town, yet I am in the Netherlands (Friesland). It looks a bit like the aurora, yet on the other side different. You can see it nearly every night with clear skies. It does not show that well as where you took these images, but it may be interresting to investigate