Ever since I travelled , I always wanted to see northern lights. Even after being in Kiruna for 2 weeks in christmas, no sign of it made me quite sad, but I knew, mother nature will bless me. And after all the anticipation, today it happened. I experienced Northern lights….. I cannot tell you how grateful I am! It is an unearthly earthly experience…( yes, you heard right)…
When I saw the Kiruna all-sky camera at around 10 o’clock at night, there are bands of aurora , we ran to the balcony ignoring -10 degree. And with hands freezing, cheek burning, we saw the green band expanding , waving through the sky, reaching the horizon, turning into pink ….and it was all worth freezing in cold. I am amazed and grateful , I have this experience. So I wanted to share with you immediately…
“Oh, it was wild and weird and wan, and ever in camp o’ nights
We would watch and watch the silver dance of the mystic Northern Lights.
And soft they danced from the Polar sky and swept in primrose haze;
And swift they pranced with their silver feet, and pierced with a blinding blaze.
They danced a cotillion in the sky; they were rose and silver shod;
It was not good for the eyes of man ‘Twas a sight for the eyes of God”
[ROBERT SERVICE, “The Ballad of the Northern Lights”]
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Awesome!
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Yes it is
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So glad for you that you saw them. I hope to see them in March in Alaska.
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Yes. I hope you ll see them. It is a beautiful experience everyone must go for. By the way, I sent you a Christmas card in what’sapp.
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Thanks so much. I don’t check What’s App very often and I just found your message. Most appreciated. 🙂
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I made this card, on ice hotel photo I clicked 😄
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Especially nice to know you made it.
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Love the photos and poem:) Yes, a blessing to “see” from the hand of God:) We can only imagine:)
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No, u can see through my lense 😊
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I hope I get to see the Northern Lights someday. Fantastic photos!
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Yes I know you will. Thank you, my boyfriend has clicked them. I clicked some, but not so good as I don’t have a good lense / dslr camera.
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You were blessed. I wonder if I can see them in Florida? Too south I suppose!
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I think there must be some place near you from where you can see. I have to travel 6780 km to see this, I hope you ll get it before that long!
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I’m going to look it up ~ thanks! Gorgeous shots that you took, thanks for sharing
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Actually my boyfriend took them. I don’t have a very powerful camera. I clicked some, but they are not this strong.
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Gorgeous!
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Thank you. It is really beautiful.
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What a fabulous experience! I’m so thrilled for you!
Virtual hugs,
Judie
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Thank you Judie, hugs 😊😄
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Beyond beautiful. Truly magical.
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Thank you JC..
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Yes I have seen the northen light in fairbank , alaska .when I saw it on my naked eyes it’s gray but when I look at my camera it’s in green color. Then exposed to 4 second .
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It is beautiful isn’t it.. Green, purple, pink grey different colours
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‘Tis magnificent..cant believe its natural!
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Only seen in polar region, 😊
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just wow!i’m sure that was such a magical moment. I hope to see them someday as well.
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If you truly want to see, you will definitely see.😊
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For sure!thanks for the inspiration!👍🏻😊
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Beautiful! I’m glad you were there!
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Thank you
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Wow! I am so glad for you. You are so lucky 🙂 I want to see the northern lights, too. Maybe next year I will. My mom promise me 🙂
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Then you are lucky too 😊😄
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🙂
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It’s so surreal. I guess you could only appreciate the beauty of it first hand.
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Awesome! There are amazing, aren’t they? And they look different in real life… I think “unearthly earthly experience” describes it perfectly!
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Thank you, I am really grateful as I have this experience
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Magnificent pictures.
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Thank you
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Ethereal indeed!
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😊
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Wow! One of my must-sees in life!
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It is amazing 😄
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I will get there one day 😉
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Şure you ll
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Wonderful!
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Truly it is beautiful and an experience cannot be compared with anything
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Can sense your excitement!
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😊
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Amazing!!! I hope I get to see them soon ❤
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Sure you ll
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Is it not the blessing to be overcome by such singularity–beyond words…thank you for sharing with us. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
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Merry Christmas and happy new year to you too. I wish yr holidays to be full of happiness and light
And indeed I count it as blessing to experience the northern lights. They are so beautiful and overwhelming experience
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I love the poetry you infused in your post. Writers can’t help but enthuse about nature in their work!
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Thank you. It is not often I do that, but it is easier to express northern lights through poetry I think.
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Soo pretty! One thing I’d like to check off my bucket list! ❤
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Surely
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Marvellous!
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Isn’t it? 😊
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Wow! Absolutely amazing. This is one of those under appreciated natual wonders that everyone should witness. I can’t wait for the day that I get to experience it.
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It is an experience you can hardly describe and only few places offer you this view. I am living in kiruna a month but only one day saw this magnificent show of sky
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On my bucket list
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👍
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I can’t believe this even exist in nature. So stunning. You captured it beautifully!
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Actually my boyfriend captured it. I don’t have such a good lense. 😊
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Oh my goodness, well please tell him the photos are incredible! Hoping I get the chance to see this myself someday 🙂
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I hope to see this wonderful natural miracle with my own eyes some day! it is also on my bucket list! Happy Holidays!
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Happy new year and happy holidays.
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I unexpectedly got to see the Northern lights when I was flying to Montreal for a conference. What a great experience!
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Wow, that’s pretty great
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Beautiful. It must be a treat to see them.
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Yes it is
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A wonderful experience
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It is indeed
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wow, i’m so jealous
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You too may go, why be jealous?
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oh i’ve been to the north, but unfortunately the northern lights aren’t so easily seen
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Yeah in past one month I saw only 3 days
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This is on my bucket list. I’m looking forward to the day that the Northern Lights will take my breath away.
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They truly are magnificent
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Something I have always wanted to see!!! So glad they appeared for you 🙂
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Thank you. I am grateful that I could see “em
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what an experience. Out of this world!!!
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Thank you Thom. It really is. And now I’m really grateful, because I understand even when you travel to North, you may not see ” em always. They may not appear for month and there may be clouds. So, I have seen 3 times in a period of one month which is really good.
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I actually have a photo I found of Northern Lights in Pinterest as my phone’s wallpaper. They’re so gorgeous. I hope I can experience them one day.
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Great, so do you know who post that photo in pinterest?
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This is the pin: http://pinterest.com/pin/546342998517589348/?s=3&m=whatsapp
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Fabulous and jaw-dropping sight. Hope I can also one day get the chance to witness this dance of colours!
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Definitely you ll get a chance
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Something I really want to experience! So lucky you were able to see them. I’ll get my chance, someday!
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Yes you ll get chance
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Stunning!
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Thank you Viki
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Awesome. Would love to do that some day. You really captured a difficult to photograph gorgeous night sky.
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Thank you
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Beautiful post – I am going to try and read others ‘in reverse order’ but as you know I have had a lot on….more than I anticipated.
I love the poem and stunning photos as usual……
Kate has been in the artic circle three times now and never seen them – but bizarrely I saw them from Paris……..
Lindy xx
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Hi, at last you got access to internet then! Good for us. Hope everything is going great. Welcome back.. Hugs ❤
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A bit up and down atm – things in the pipeline, lovely seeing family and friends, but a couple of little hitches, I have a lot of backtracking to try to find posts that I have missed – it could take a while, plus I may have to go to ales next week as my mother I not very well, and she does not have the net…..nice to be back xxx
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Don’t worry. we ll wait. I ll send m y mobile number in mail. U can whatsapp me as well 😊
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Thanks, you are a true friend, much appreciated x
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I know exactly what you mean – the Northern Lights are indescribable. I don’t think any experience ever can top seeing them can it? AMAZING.
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I think so too
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Wow; must have been amazing! Lovely post too.
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They are amazing. It is an experience you can’t compare with anything
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Great experience! Glad for you:)
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Thank you christie
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So so awesome!!
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Yeah I know, though my husband has taken the photos not me. It needs a good camera
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