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Expert: Jim Coll
Date: 1/21/2008
Subject: Aurora Borealis

Question
What are the chances of seing Aurora Borealis from Luosto ?
in March ?
thanks
miriam

Answer
Dear Miriam,

Greetings from the Arctic Circle!

The chances of seeing Aurora Borealis (the northern lights) from Luosto in March are very good but nobody can guarantee that you will see Aurora Borealis.

The pulsating and multicoloured Aurora Borealis is born at a height of about 100 kilometers above ground level as electrically charged particles collide with the earth's atmosphere near the magnetic poles. Aurora Borealis can be seen from the beginning of September until April (but not every night). Actually March is a quite good time for seeing Aurora Borealis.

There is Aurora Borealis in 200 nights in Northern Finland every year. However, you don't see it always if it is too cloudy.

You find more information about Aurora Borealis here:

A La Carte Lapland: http://www.alacartelapland.com

Arctic Academy: http://www.arcticacademy.fi

Arctic Circle Information: http://www.arcticcircle-information.fi/northernlights.html

Aurora in Levi center: http://www.kittilajournal.com/aurora.htm

Aurora photos by Studio Tunturi-Lappi: http://www.studiotunturi-lappi.fi/ (choose Aurora on the left)

Auroras now: http://aurora.fmi.fi/public_service/english/start_page.html and http://aurora.fmi.fi/public_service/english/earlier_auroras_material.html

Finland.com Travel Portal: http://finland.com/main-63-id.do

Finnish Meteorological Institute: http://www.fmi.fi/research_space/space_9.html

Jouni Jussila: http://spaceweb.oulu.fi/~jussila/aurora/

Lapland Finland: http://www.laplandfinland.com/?deptid=16543

Northern lights forecast: http://cc.oulu.fi/%7Ethu/Aurora/forecast.html

Oulu University: http://www.oulu.fi/~spaceweb/textbook/auroras.html

Polar Image (Aurora webcam & photos): http://www.polarimage.fi/menu/aurora.htm

Santa Television: http://www.santatelevision.com/northernlights/index.html

Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory: http://www.sgo.fi/

Ursa: http://www.ursa.fi/ursa/jaostot/revontulet/english.html

Virtual Finland: http://virtual.finland.fi/netcomm/news/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=25559 and http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/english/aurora_borealis.html

Visit Finland: http://www.visitfinland.com/w5/index.nsf/(pages)/Midnight_Sun_and_Northern_Lights?OpenDocument&np=A

Feel free to contact me if you have more questions.

Welcome to Lapland!

With very best regards,

Jim

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