Finland | Let me share my experience of successfully chasing the aurora!
| Let me share my experience of successfully chasing the aurora! I saw the aurora four times in Lapland on December 4, 5, 8, and 9, 2024. I was so lucky! I took some amazing photos, and I'll share a guide on how to take photos of the aurora later.
📍🌈Location & Time:
⚡12.4 (Aurora Tour) Saariselka-Inari, north of Nellim.
I understand this place is a secret base for local aurora tours.
⚡12.4-12.5 Early Morning Northern Light Village, Saariselka.
We stayed in an aurora cabin, and we saw the aurora in the resort.
⚡12.8 Northern Light Ranch, Levi. A travel resort in the same series as the previous glass cabin.
We played at the husky farm during the day, and when we received an aurora alert at night, we went straight there, away from the light pollution in Levi.
⚡12.9 Near Levi Design Hotel.
We also received an alert at night. But since we saw the aurora late yesterday, we didn't go out and saw the aurora with the naked eye in the dark woods near the hotel.
🈯The aurora apps we used are
-Northern Lights Alert (black and green)
-Aurora (black and purple)
But‼️these apps are not visible to the naked eye.
We frequently saw the aurora this week, and there are some commonalities.
1️⃣-You can see many stars on a clear day.
2️⃣-The sun must be completely set during the polar night. Go out after 8 pm.
3️⃣-Stay away from light sources such as houses and roads, 5-10 km is enough. The resorts in Lapland, Finland, are small towns and resorts with no skyscrapers.
4️⃣-The aurora appeared in the northern sky on these four days.
Special Note⚡📳On December 4, the first day, the aurora app did not alert us. The hotel staff was also not optimistic. The weather forecast was cloudy, but there were many stars in the sky in Saariselka that day!
👉Since we had no experience and were afraid we wouldn't have another chance, we signed up for a €149 aurora tour at 5 pm.
We were very lucky. When we gathered at 7:45 pm, there was already a faint green light over the hotel resort, and there were many stars in the sky! So we sped up and went north with the group.
SO, the weather is clear, the direction is north, and the aurora is north of the Arctic Circle. Then wait for a grand magnetic storm!