The Dancing Ribbon Of The Aurora

“Then that's what the Northern Lights are. All the lives that we're not living.”

Northern Lights

The ultimate everyone’s favourite bucket list is for sure The Aurora Lights. The mesmerizing dancing ribbons in the sky makes us all bend our knees. These locations are magical and full of folklore about these mystical ribbons. But science has given us an explanation about the formation of these lights. They can be best viewed in a few particular places.

How Aurora Borealis And Australis Are Formed?

Science has explained how this beautiful wonder of nature is formed. To keep it simple, the gases flow from the electrically charged particle from the sun. The collision of particles of gas from the Earth and the electrically charged particle forms the breathtaking view of Aurora Borealis.

The lights can be of a measure from 80 km to 640 km. In most cases, northern and southern lights occur at the same time with the same shape A more proper explanation can be viewed here.

Location At Which They Are Best Viewed

Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis can be seen both at the Northern and Southern Hemisphere respectively. Places, where it can be best seen, are Iceland, New Zealand, Greenland, Finland,Northern Sweden, Tasmania, Norway, Canada, Alaska. Moonless nights are preferred for the best view of the lights. March and September are the best months to experience these charming lights. Also, find the dark hours from a sky map.

Legends Of The Northern Lights

We are fascinated by the mention of folk tales of a particular place. And Aurora lights are full of stories from different parts of the world.

Sweden 🇸🇪

In Sweden, the Aurora was the harbinger of good news. Swedish ancestors believed that the Aurora lights were a gift from their gods in the form of warmth and light. The Sweden farm people believed that the lights were the forerunner of a good harvest.

Finland 🇫🇮

It was believed that the lights were caused by a firefox. He ran so hard in the snow that his tail caused sparks to fly in the sky. The Sámi people of Finland believed that lights were formed by the water ejected by the whales.

Iceland 🇮🇸

In Iceland, it was believed that the lights were related to childbirth and helped to relieve the pain.

North America 🇺🇸

Many years back there were only small communities and those small groups of people folks of their own about the Aurora lights. Some believed that the lights were the spirits of the dead. Some said that it is the light created by their creator. According to a tribal group, the lights were the spirit of dead humans playing with walrus skull as a ball. The other group told that the lights were the walrus spirits playing with a human skull.

The Baltic States 🇪🇪

The Estonian ancestors believed that the lights were the carriages drawn by horses to a celestial wedding. Everyone would want to get invited to such an extraordinary wedding.

Seeing the lights is a dream come true for every nature lover. The best locations to experience the lights are on the deck of a ship, unpolluted sky or even a ice hotel!!!

We were miles away from our real lives.