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On Monday evening, the Northern Lights spread further south than expected, much to the delight of many who rarely catch a glimpse of the beautiful light phenomenon.
– Suddenly I saw a patch of green, and then I raised the camera. Then the wonderful phenomenon flared up in front of me. I stood to admire and, of course, to document, says Richard Bøge.
He was out on his regular evening stroll to Haukerød in the Sandefjord when a starry sky got even more beautiful than it already was.
Visible Northern Lights and “moderate aurora activity” were mainly expected in Finnmark, Troms, Nordland and Nord-Trøndelag Monday evening and from night to Tuesday, according to Storm. But the Northern Lights were visible to a wider audience on the first day of this week.
– Lucky
For Norwegians further north of the country, the Northern Lights are not that unusual, but as far south as Sandefjord, it’s not often that people are lucky enough to see the magical green light.
And with a slightly long shutter speed on the camera, you can also get a great picture of the light.
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The Northern Lights have also been observed in the far south in the western part of the country. At Flokeneset in Askvoll, Ingunn Osland took more pictures.
– I’ve never seen such a powerful Northern Lights here before, he tells the newspaper A separation.
Meteorologist Eldbjørg Moxnes says we have now been lucky with the Northern Lights, because the Northern Lights in the east were not something you expected this week.
– The forecasts point to something else. We didn’t think it extended that far south. But then it was really cool, he adds After post.
More Northern Lights ahead
Over the next three years, the Northern Lights will increase in intensity, both in the south and in the north of the country.
– Activity is on the rise, Northern Lights expert Pål Brekke, head of space research at the Norwegian Space Center, told NTB last week.
– We have passed the minimum in the valley of the waves we have been in and we are in the middle of the maximum. There will be good years to come, she added.
