I know you can see it in shetland, but that's quite far away from where i live.
2006-06-24 02:25:33 · 8 answers · asked by Kathleen K 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
I do not know Scotland but I can tell you that city lighting and the related skyshine have made the auroras much harder to see anywhere and impossible at many locations. Check with astronomy clubs in your part of the world, you can find them by searching web for astronomy or for observatories, recommend Astronomers Royal for Scotland at Greenwich, or the Royal Observatory Edinburgh
Most people think of the northern lights as multicoloured hanging curtains and sheets of light but that is not most of the time, most of the time they look more like milky glowing bands of cloud and if there are other sources of light, like from street lamps, and especially if there are high altitude thin clouds the northern lights will likely be obscured
2006-06-24 02:54:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
The Northern Lights most often occur from September to October and from March to April. Go as far north in Ontario as you can, and get away from populated areas so it is as dark as possible. Street lights and the lights of cities would make it hard to see them. But there in no quarantee that you will see them on any given night. They can be seen throughout northern Canada, and other northern countries. The most spectacular northern lights I have seen were in northern Labrador in the winter. I have seen them in the Arctic as well, but they were not nearly as spectacular as in Labrador.
2016-03-27 02:57:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I lived in the Highlands (30 miles north of Inverness) and we saw them! They were so beautiful trouble was ... Meant real cold weather the following day !!!
2006-06-28 02:25:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you have any Inuit friends? You will have to go pretty far north to see them every night, however, I have seen them, occasionally, as far south as Missouri, USA. Check the latitude.
2006-06-24 02:33:06 · answer #4 · answered by PBarnfeather 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You would have to be really far north to see it and even then its not very common. The conditions have to be perfect. I reckon John O'Groats would be a good bet.
2006-06-24 02:27:33 · answer #5 · answered by Showaddywaddy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well you don't say where you live but you can see the northern lights in parts of wales and i personally have seen it in Manchester!...just pic a nice high area far from light pollution!
2006-06-24 03:02:09 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
im in morayshire 50 miles west of Aberdeen , we see it sometimes.
2006-06-24 13:17:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aberdeen .. sometimes
2006-06-24 03:18:42 · answer #8 · answered by chazza 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋