and when is the best time of year to see them?
Also is there a Southern Lights? If so same questions.
2007-06-05 06:47:30 · 10 answers · asked by Ωmega 5 in Travel ➔ Other - Destinations
Some where I can actually visit to see them. I think the poles are out of the question :)
2007-06-05 06:53:06 · update #1
Alaska during October to December. They fade as you get to december. My husband and I took a cruise through the NW passage in Alaska and saw the lights, It was like a green flag waving in the sky, amazing!
Yes, Southern Lights exist and I actually had a spectacular and very unusual view of them in Southern Pennsylvania. They were very different from the Northern lights, The sky went totally red and it looked like gold glitter was flying in the sky. Because I wasn't expecting it at all and had never seen anything like it, didn't even know we could see the southern lights, I was a little scared. It was like, man, what is going on? I mean, I'm not a religious person, but if there really is a God and he can put on a show, that was it. The southern lights covered a huge part of the sky as opposed to the Northern lights in Alaska. Alaska's lights were brighter but didn't last as long as the Southern lights I saw did. It was so awesome, that's the only way I can put it. It was April when I saw the southern lights.
2007-06-05 06:50:46 · answer #1 · answered by Rosebee 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Alaska is by far the best place in the USA to see northern lights, because they occur in the "auroral oval, which is centered on the northern geomagnetic pole, and which usually passes over Alaska. Some good places that are very near the oval (or under it) are: Fairbanks (Alaska, USA),Dawson City (Yukon, Canada), Yellowknife (NWT, Canada), Gillam (Manitoba, Canada), Reykjavik (Iceland), Tromso (Norway).
2007-06-05 06:56:31 · answer #2 · answered by Yep it's me 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First of all, this is the wrong year to be looking for aurora. We're at the minimum of solar activity, and there hasn't been a major aurora for a couple of years. Aurorae are more frequent the closer you get to the magnetic pole, which is located in far northeastern Canada. So, the farther north and east you go, the more frequent they are. I've seen red aurorae quite frequently in southern Ontario and Quebec. I once even saw it in downtown Toronto.
2016-05-17 10:16:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've been told Alaska and Canada are the best places for seeing the Aurora Borealis.
2007-06-05 06:51:50 · answer #4 · answered by Mike M. 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Arctic Circle.
Yes, there are Southern Lights. Go to Antarctica for those.
2007-06-05 06:50:31 · answer #5 · answered by Alowishus B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Florida
2016-03-25 02:43:33 · answer #6 · answered by david 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I could see them from up michigan back in 70
2007-06-05 06:57:24 · answer #7 · answered by lek 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
north pole
2007-06-05 06:50:27 · answer #8 · answered by vananabanana22 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
go to Alaska they are beautiful
2007-06-05 06:52:36 · answer #9 · answered by tropiccountrygirl 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
alaska
2007-06-05 06:51:05 · answer #10 · answered by slushpile reader 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋