We were also hopeful to catch a show of aurora borealis, as it is said that the level of solar activity is particularly high this year. Alas, we were not lucky. It snowed every day during the 5 days we were there, so the skies were cloudy. We were told that the best chances to see it is after 1am, and hardcore Japanese tourists actually take turns to stay up to watch the skies all night long. Shall we travel with the Japanese the next time we go there?
Being there in December means that we only have 4 hours of "polar light" each day, roughly between 10am-2pm. Polar light is not true daylight, more like a subdued grey/ blue light. This picture is taken at around 3pm, and not touched up.
Taken around 4pm.
And here are more photos of the landscape:
Post boxes are located at the end of each street
A cabin by the lake
Forest trail lit by candle light
A cosy roadside hut to warm your fingers & toes before continuing your journey
Ski tracks
2 comments:
bummer re lack of northern light. that's always the tricky part. i think the best strategy would be to hop on plane last minute, pending on reports of sun activities, since it takes 2-4 days for the effect to reach earth and produce (or not) the aurora itself. but that way, flight is bound to be pricey too. as the french says, c'est pas gagne ;)
gah, clicked wrong button and i became anonymous :p
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