NORTHERN LIGHTS CRUISE | 22:00
- NORTHERN LIGHTS CRUISE | 22:00
Tonight's Forecast
Tonight we are expecting an aurora activity of 2/9, S-E 3 m/s and 4°C. Currently the moon waning 98% illuminated. Clear skies are forecasted in the area.
Aurora activity: 2/9
Weather conditions: S-E 3 m/s and 6°C
Cloud Cover: Clear skies
Moon status: Waning Moon and 98% illuminated
NORTHERN LIGHTS CRUISE | 22:00
Report from Eldey: Tonight we were expecting a Kp index of 2, which seems low but actually is enough to see these amazing lights. The night was cold, but extremely calm, so we packed ourselves with cozy overalls and we were ready to wait for the lights to show up. They decided to take their time, but we could finally spot them: we had northern lights right above the Mountain of Esja! They came out very slightly, getting stronger with time, and then fading away a little bit, always coming back so that we could have a nice look at this green dash at the sky.
- Pedro Teixeira
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The auroras are made up of a series of electrically discharged particles from the sun that enter earth's magnetic shield and create a light when mixed with gasses (such as nitrogen and oxygen) in our atmosphere. The particles come a long way through space before being drawn into earth’s polar regions, although it only takes a couple of days to travel the full 150 million kilometres!
What are the northern lights? The bright dancing lights of the aurora are actually collisions between electrically charged particles from the sun that enter earth's atmosphere. The temperature above the sun surface is millions of degrees Celsius. At this temperature, collisions between gas molecules are frequent and explosive particles enter the earth's atmosphere.