Aurora Borealis
In our cabin there was a book about the Northern lights and it said that if you see the Aurora Borealis with your love it is very lucky. And we were very lucky, the lights came out and dances over our heads for so long that we didn’t want to go back inside. Twice.
Friday evening after some card games and board games in the cabin, we decided to take a walk. One of the guys at the camp said there might be a herd of reindeers down on the frozen lake, so we thought that might be fun to see.
We walked down and to our disappointment there were no deer. But, we saw a slight sliver of light on the sky. We’d read that sometimes the Aurora is hard to see with your eyes, but if you take a photo it will appear stronger. So we walked back to get the camera.
When we came down it was slightly bigger but still weak and white. Not even the camera picked it up. Walking around we met a group of germans living at the camp as well, and they had heard that the Aurora was coming out in a bit so we waited. And then, there is was.
Is started small, faint and light green. Like a blurry vision on the sky. But then it grew and was literally dancing over our heads. Bright green and moving like waves. Amazing.
Tess didn’t bring a tripod but the germans did and lent it out, to great joy for Tess. A real tripod is much preferred to the makeshift tripod/outdoor candleholder that we brought from our cabin.
Two nights we saw this miracle on the sky, and it made us very happy to have seen it. It was one of the first big ones of the season and they said that it was even spotted over the city centre, which is highly unusual.