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This day is the most memorable day of my "Arctic circle trip" ,Yes.. Now am going to watch one of the enlightening nature's wonder “Northern Lights”. Weather forecast is an unavoidable factor if you need to watch the northern lights. There are many mobile apps available to check the predictions. Once I woke up from the nap I checked my phone for today's weather forecast. Wow.. the prediction saying 90% of chance for powerful northern lights. To watch the perfect northern lights, we need to travel to the outskirts of the city where the sky is clear and free from pollution. To explore such a best spot is tedious for this weather situation. The temperature has dropped down below -15 now and a soothing breeze started to blow. So, as I have expected the situation, we decided to book the first day of northern light experience as a tour. As we were not ready to take chances, we booked with one of the best tour operators “The chasing Light Tromso”. This is a customized tour so, they will pick up us from the city centre and the guide Mr.Jonas - a local and well known professional photographer who supported us for photography. A gang of 8 of us in a wagon drove to the northern Chapter of Tromso, a place which is light pollution-free and a good scenic view for northern lights. On the way, Mr.Jonas was explaining about the northern lights and tips for photography. We drove around one and a half hours to find a good spot. This spot is near Sommarøy island entry bridge. Where nature is blessed with an amazing seashore along with mountains. We parked our van near the road and walk towards the seashore. The temperature here is around -18 and was a bit windy. But we don't have any option rather to sit and wait for the northern lights on this seashore. Most of the shore area is wrapped with a thick layer of snow and some areas are completely frozen ice. Jonas brought some Reindeer skins, blankets, wood for the campfire and some hot food. We made up the campfire, sat around, and eagerly awaited for the northern lights to arrive. Meantime Jonas served everyone some hot beef, veggies and some hot berry juice.
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