Summer Auroras in Scandinavia

As the Sun is becoming more active again (finally) we get to see displays of CME here on Earth. The magnificent blast on 1st of August came to us as aurora borealis (or Northern Lights) on the night the 4th.



Credit: NASA


I was lucky to see it with my own eyes from my home on the country side slightly north of Oslo. In the land of the midnight sun, auroras in the summer are not easy to spot, if at all, as the nights are to light.In the southern part of Norway it was however dark enough to view the heavenly spectacle. Even in Denmark, the southern most Scandinavian country, could see the impressive light show in the sky this time. Below is a selection of images from Scandinavia.



Northern Light over Jevnaker, Norway (close to my home)
Credit: Trym Norman Sannes




Northern Lights over Ringsaker, Norway
Credit: Ragnar Johnskås




Northern Lights over Central Stockholm, Sweden
Credit: Peter Rosén




Northern Lights over Denmark
Credit: Jesper Grønne



All images were found on the excellent Spaceweather site. They have a special section for the August 2010 aurora event.