Aurora viewing....
Discussion
Errr... May/June, like midsummer with 24 or near 24 hours daylight?
If you want to see the Northern Lights you need to go midwinter and even then it's very hit and miss.
I nearly saw the Northern Lights once when I lived in St. Andrews, it was the best display for about 20 years apparently and I was out at the time, but too mind-numbingly drunk to notice - hope you have better luck.
If you want to see the Northern Lights you need to go midwinter and even then it's very hit and miss.
I nearly saw the Northern Lights once when I lived in St. Andrews, it was the best display for about 20 years apparently and I was out at the time, but too mind-numbingly drunk to notice - hope you have better luck.
he's crashed said:
St Andrews, oh!
I know very little of them beyond pictures and the occasional film,
are they not a (searches for term)
dependable sight.....
I wouldn't count on see it from St Andrews very often. I live in Dundee, so further north, and I have never had the pleasure of seeing them I know very little of them beyond pictures and the occasional film,
are they not a (searches for term)
dependable sight.....
Although that maybe due to street lighting?There are lots of trips where you could see them, e.g. http://www.arctic-experience.co.uk/northernlights/
A bit like whale-watching and suchlike trips, you hope you'll see them, but may well not, they are "predictable", but less so than the weather:
http://www.dcs.lancs.ac.uk/iono/aurorawatch/
A bit like whale-watching and suchlike trips, you hope you'll see them, but may well not, they are "predictable", but less so than the weather:
http://www.dcs.lancs.ac.uk/iono/aurorawatch/
Edited by Shaolin on Sunday 31st August 20:19
Flippin ekk, this is spooky, I was just about to google for info on Northern lights when i noticed the post. I to had asumed that you turn up at the right place at the right time and hey presto but seems not. What else can you do in Iceland if the lights arnt switched on. Long way to go for a wasted trip.
I went to iceland at the approximate right time of year with a view to enjoy going to iceland, and hope that I might see the lights. I was lucky 
plenty to do though, even at the beginning of march there was 12+ hours of daylight. Still crashed and got stranded in a bad blizzard though.
plenty to do though, even at the beginning of march there was 12+ hours of daylight. Still crashed and got stranded in a bad blizzard though.
R TOY said:
Flippin ekk, this is spooky, I was just about to google for info on Northern lights when i noticed the post. I to had asumed that you turn up at the right place at the right time and hey presto but seems not. What else can you do in Iceland if the lights arnt switched on. Long way to go for a wasted trip.
you!oh well, at least I'm not alone in my ignorance
perhaps I should just go on that advanced dogging symposium in Epping forest forest advertised in this months 'swinger'
at least I can depend on something
The best time of year to see the northern lights is Jan - Mar. You need to be fairly far north though: Tromso is a good spot and it is a good, if expensive place to stay. If you happen to think 6 quid a pint is reasonable (yeah right!), you won't have many complaints.
You may need to be there some time though - seeing the lights is very weather dependent and you ideally need clear skies.
Best time of day to see them is around 2100 - 0200
You may need to be there some time though - seeing the lights is very weather dependent and you ideally need clear skies.
Best time of day to see them is around 2100 - 0200
Edited by Geoff82 on Sunday 31st August 20:57
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