5 Interesting Facts to Know Before Planning Aurora Borealis Tour

5 Interesting Facts to Know Before Planning Aurora Borealis Tour

Popularly known as Northern Lights, Aurora Borealis is perhaps nature’s most remarkable visual phenomena. Emerging in numerous forms from patches clouds light to streamers, curtains, arcs or shooting rays, the amazing light display of Northern Lights can be seen in the high altitude provinces like Norway. You might know the cause behind this natural occurrence (clash of solar wind & magnetospheric charged particles), but there many other fascinating facts regarding this dreamlike spectacle that is worth learning.

1 – Aurora is the Roman goddess of dawn & Boreas is a Greek idiom used for north wind, therefore the name Aurora Borealis.

2 – People have seen the Aurora Borealis long ago 1619, and they have had numerous tales connected to them. Inuit assumed the illuminations were the soul of their forerunners playing a game with a walrus skill used as the ball. While as per Finnish folklore a numinous arctic fox is sprinting in the north & touching the mountains with its fur making flickers to appear in the sky.

3 – You enjoy the same visual display with the Southern Lights as you do with the Northern Lights, but since the South Pole is even more inaccessible and inhospitable compared to the North Pole, it’s more complicated to witness the Southern Aurora.

Henceforth, the Northern Lights are more acknowledged and get most of the attention.

4 – The diverse colours of the Northern Lights happen because of the different kinds of gas compounds. The most common colour people see it is a pale yellow-green followed by pink and a combination of green and red. Seeing pure blue light is quite rare which is created by high altitude oxygen discovered at elevations of up to 200 miles above the ground.

5 – If you’re desperate to see the amazing Aurora Borealis, then don’t forget to take a quality camera. The auroras are considerably muted to the naked eye & human retinas can limit certain colours. Therefore, seeing through a long-exposure camera setting can provide a higher possibility of a superior sighting.

To experience the best Aurora Borealis tour look no further than Wild About Lapland.

Our every tour can be customised depending on the clients’ abilities, weather conditions and the Northern Lights forecast. Call us now for more information on this tour!