Hi, everyone! I made a quick guide with my tips of how to see the aurora, since I get this question a lot! It covers where and when to go as well as some insider tips to improve your chances to see the lights.
Read on!
Thanks for reading my guide! Let me know what you think, and if you have any feedback on how I can improve future guides, don't hold back! While I like to share photos on here, I enjoy helping others experience the beauty of the aurora even more!
What does the aurora REALLY look like?
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This is a perennial question that seems to get brought up constantly in forums online, and after the big geomagnetic storms last month, I kept seeing false information about what the aurora "really looks like..."
I wrote a blog on the topic which you can read here: but thought that writing things out in a big thead would be great in case people want to share or just enjoy content on X over an external site :)theauroraguy.com/blogs/blog/wha…
Some think the aurora doesn't look anything like in the photos to the point where it apparently has no color at all. They say photos of the aurora, then, are used by tour companies to sell an unrealistic experience of the northern lights which ends up disappointing in person...