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Join Date: Jun 2005
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Hello,
Does someone know when and where i can get a chance to see the Northern Lights in Europe? i heard they could be seen in Scotland. Also, when are they viewable. i think it's in Feb or Sept, but i might be wrong.
thanks
Jules
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http://www.sec.noaa.gov/pmap/pmapN.html
They should be viewable any time it's dark, really. Just happens to be more darkness in winter. Here in Alaska, we can see them from late September - March or so. Should be about the same for Europe, maybe less due to latitude and light pollution.
I'm sure someone in northern europe will chime in. 
edit: This site seems to be just for the UK
http://www.dcs.lancs.ac.uk/iono/aurorawatch/
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Originally Posted by AKcrab
http://www.sec.noaa.gov/pmap/pmapN.html
They should be viewable any time it's dark, really. Just happens to be more darkness in winter. Here in Alaska, we can see them from late September - March or so. Should be about the same for Europe, maybe less due to latitude and light pollution.
I'm sure someone in northern europe will chime in.
edit: This site seems to be just for the UK
http://www.dcs.lancs.ac.uk/iono/aurorawatch/
In Nunavik, we used to see them throughout the Summer as well.
The key thing, as you said, is to get out of the city, very far of them. Europe seems to be so enligthened...
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I wish you luck. The pictures that I've seen are awesome.
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It;'s the North and they're lights, does this count?
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Originally Posted by KeriVit
It;'s the North and they're lights, does this count?
No. But the sunset is mighty purdy.
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btw the best movie to see that has the arora borealis is local hero...
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This seems to be a bad year for the lights.
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Originally Posted by Wiskedjak
This seems to be a bad year for the lights.
Agreed. We had a hell of a show in late October, but nothing since. We had two weeks straight of sub-zero crystal clear nights in November, and nothing...
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