Timeline for How much knowledge and effort is required to see Northern Lights?
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| S Oct 16 at 0:55 | history | bounty ended | JonathanReez♦ | ||
| S Oct 16 at 0:55 | history | notice removed | JonathanReez♦ | ||
| S Oct 14 at 20:30 | history | bounty started | JonathanReez♦ | ||
| S Oct 14 at 20:30 | history | notice added | JonathanReez♦ | Reward existing answer | |
| Oct 14 at 15:33 | comment | added | gerrit | @JanusBahsJacquet Not everything — electricity is not expensive in Norway, and train rides are cheaper than in many other European countries. The Norwegian crown is weak these days and Norway is not as expensive for Eurozone citizens as it was ten years ago. | |
| Oct 14 at 7:08 | answer | added | gerrit | timeline score: 15 | |
| Oct 14 at 6:40 | answer | added | Giacomo Catenazzi | timeline score: 3 | |
| Oct 14 at 1:43 | comment | added | DJClayworth | Two nights ago there were fabulous displays of northern lights in my backyard in Ontario at 43 degrees north. | |
| Oct 13 at 18:30 | answer | added | Eire1 | timeline score: 2 | |
| Oct 13 at 16:17 | answer | added | Charles | timeline score: 4 | |
| Oct 13 at 15:26 | comment | added | infinitezero | You can download an App that notifies you about the general conditions. Personally I find weather to be the biggest deal breaker. I live at 65° N and while Auroras happen frequently, it's almost always cloudy here. | |
| Oct 13 at 12:47 | comment | added | Janus Bahs Jacquet | Also remember that this is Norway: everything is expensive! | |
| Oct 13 at 7:15 | comment | added | Chris H - UK | @Cosmittus a large part of that is that human colour vision doesn't really work below certain light levels; dark adaptation only helps a little | |
| Oct 13 at 7:13 | comment | added | Chris H - UK | @Vorbis that's also a good reason to use a proper camera with an optical viewfinder rather than any device that forces you to look at a screen to compose your shot | |
| Oct 12 at 19:17 | comment | added | Vorbis | My personal experience (Lofoten islands, March 2024) required a two-steps approach: 1) let your eyes adapt to the dark, and 2) look up. Seriously, the only thing you have to do is get away from cities with light pollution. We parked half an hour from the city and walked until we couldn't see the headlights of passing cars. Watching a cell phone screen can reset your dark adaptation. | |
| Oct 12 at 11:54 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Oct 12 at 8:46 | comment | added | Cosmittus | Auroras, particularly when weaker / less bright, are frequently either not visible to the naked eye or more visible to cameras with long exposure times. The pictures I have taken with a phone camera on night mode show significantly more vivid colours than I was able to see at the time. But I've never seen them from a high latitude. | |
| Oct 12 at 7:15 | answer | added | lambshaanxy | timeline score: 20 | |
| Oct 12 at 6:35 | answer | added | Willeke♦ | timeline score: 6 | |
| Oct 12 at 6:09 | comment | added | Chris H - UK | @itai as I understand it, to the naked eye it may often look like a faint haze of light. Local knowledge will to find a spot without light pollution to the north, both to make the aurora more visible and to ensure that if you see light, it's worth looking harder and getting the camera out | |
| Oct 12 at 6:04 | comment | added | Itai | @Willeke Does that mean it is frequently_not_ visible to the human eye? That would certainly make it harder if you have to take pictures constantly to know it is there! | |
| Oct 12 at 5:33 | comment | added | Willeke♦ | I found out that having a camera that has a long lens opening time would have been helpful. | |
| Oct 12 at 3:52 | history | asked | Itai | CC BY-SA 4.0 |