Oslo, Tromsø, & Northern Lights - (MAN-OSL-TOS-OSL-LHR-MAN, BA J, DY Y, SK Y) Jan'14
Mar 27, 2014, 7:30 am
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Wonderful photos, bravo!
Tromso has been on my must visit list for so many years, and I am obsessed with seeing the aurora. We visited the icehotel in Kiruna, Sweden a couple of years ago and due to some bad luck (driving for an hour to supposedly the best aurora viewing spot, usually under a 'blue hole' of clear sky, only to be socked in by a blizzard while the icehotel itself had an amazing display) we didn't really see much of the aurora. However even the little we did see was so amazing that I lay out on the frozen rive for most of the night and would dearly love to see a really good display.
I guess I'll just have to go back... but in the meantime your photos were the next best thing. Thanks!
Tromso has been on my must visit list for so many years, and I am obsessed with seeing the aurora. We visited the icehotel in Kiruna, Sweden a couple of years ago and due to some bad luck (driving for an hour to supposedly the best aurora viewing spot, usually under a 'blue hole' of clear sky, only to be socked in by a blizzard while the icehotel itself had an amazing display) we didn't really see much of the aurora. However even the little we did see was so amazing that I lay out on the frozen rive for most of the night and would dearly love to see a really good display.
I guess I'll just have to go back... but in the meantime your photos were the next best thing. Thanks!
Mar 27, 2014, 7:32 pm
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Thanks mad_atta. I was certainly lucky, we could have had cloudy skies for both nights. I am sure that next time I go back I may not be so lucky.
Hi humerus. Thanks for the compliments, and for your first post on FT as well.
Hi humerus. Thanks for the compliments, and for your first post on FT as well.
Apr 2, 2014, 2:00 pm
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Great pictures, thanks for sharing. I went to Finland to see the lights a few years ago, but only had a compact camera. Your report has made me want to go again but this time with a decent camera!
Apr 3, 2014, 2:05 am
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Hi vanilla8. Thanks, I would like to go to Finland as well at some point, although so far I have only managed brief trips to HEL on the way to somewhere else.
Hi ExpatSomchai. I have always wanted to go to Iceland, although I understand it is a bit expensive. May be on the list of places to go next year.
Thanks jacobitetraveller, glad you enjoyed it.
Hi ExpatSomchai. I have always wanted to go to Iceland, although I understand it is a bit expensive. May be on the list of places to go next year.
Thanks jacobitetraveller, glad you enjoyed it.
Apr 6, 2014, 12:21 pm
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Thanks Bretteee and shefgab. I hadn't thought of going to Tromsø in the summer. I think my next trip there will be early in 2016, and I possibly combined with heading even further in to the Arctic Circle to Svalbard.
Oct 9, 2014, 2:33 pm
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Sorry for late comment, but missed your TR earlier.
A very down-to-earth description of how life/weather may intervene in plans. Having lived in the Northern Lights Area for 10+ years, I've never seen the spectacular fireworks of scenery you had the opportunity to catch on camera. Really Great Pictures!
Lucky for you, weather conditions played your way too, a grey sky reveals nothing of these magic lights.
Bravo!
A very down-to-earth description of how life/weather may intervene in plans. Having lived in the Northern Lights Area for 10+ years, I've never seen the spectacular fireworks of scenery you had the opportunity to catch on camera. Really Great Pictures!
Lucky for you, weather conditions played your way too, a grey sky reveals nothing of these magic lights.
Bravo!
Oct 9, 2014, 3:00 pm
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Sorry for late comment, but missed your TR earlier.
A very down-to-earth description of how life/weather may intervene in plans. Having lived in the Northern Lights Area for 10+ years, I've never seen the spectacular fireworks of scenery you had the opportunity to catch on camera. Really Great Pictures!
Lucky for you, weather conditions played your way too, a grey sky reveals nothing of these magic lights.
Bravo!
A very down-to-earth description of how life/weather may intervene in plans. Having lived in the Northern Lights Area for 10+ years, I've never seen the spectacular fireworks of scenery you had the opportunity to catch on camera. Really Great Pictures!
Lucky for you, weather conditions played your way too, a grey sky reveals nothing of these magic lights.
Bravo!