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Located close to the Norwegian border in the north of Sweden, Abisko is well-known as one of the best places in the world to see the Northern Lights.Its tourism website claims that people staying ...
[b] Thus, in the Hessdalen lights plasma, the nitrogen ions will decompose (N + 2 + e − → N + N*) more rapidly than oxygen ions. Only ionic species are transported by ion acoustic waves. Therefore, oxygen ions will dominate in the ejected green light balls in Hessdalen lights, presenting a negative band of O + 2 with electronic transition b ...
Kiruna (Swedish: [ˈkǐːrʉna]; [2] Northern Sami: Giron; Finnish: Kiiruna [ˈkiːrunɑ]; Meänkieli: Kieruna) is the northernmost city in Sweden, situated in the province of Lapland. It had 17,002 inhabitants in 2016 [ 3 ] and is the seat of Kiruna Municipality (population: 23,167 in 2016) [ 4 ] in Norrbotten County .
Expedia’s Northern Lights viewing guide also includes tips like going somewhere remote, away from the light pollution of cities, wearing the right winter clothes for extended periods in below ...
Map of Norway in which the light was observed in the red and blue (Northern Norway). The Norwegian spiral anomaly of 2009 [1] (Norwegian: det spiralformede lysmønsteret, "the spiral-form light pattern", det spiralformede lysfenomenet, "the spiral-form light phenomenon") [2] was a light phenomenon that appeared in the night sky over Norway in the morning of 9 December 2009. [3]
The northern lights may also be visible low on the horizon in several cities, according to the University of Alaska at Fairbanks Geophysical Institute website, which tracks the phenomenon. Those ...
Norway comprises the western and northernmost part of Scandinavia in Northern Europe, [90] between latitudes 57° and 81° N, and longitudes 4° and 32° E. Norway is the northernmost of the Nordic countries and if Svalbard is included also the easternmost. [ 91 ]
The UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) has designated 37 World Heritage Sites in eight countries (also called "state parties") commonly referred to as Northern Europe: Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, i.e. a combination of Nordic and Baltic countries. [1]