I look around and bright colored lights seemed to be dancing around me in the sky. It’s freezing cold, but I cannot get myself to go inside. Mesmerized by the light I forget about the cold and just feel amazing. The Aurora Borealis has something so magical...

Seeing the Northern lights is definitely not a given. It’s not organized and it can not be controlled. Nature decides if you get to see it, how powerful it will be, how long it will be visible and where you see it. Aurora hunting might mean sitting outside in the freezing cold, staring at the sky for hours. It might appear for hours or just a minute, or you might not even see it at all.

That is what I love about aurora hunting, the mystery of when it comes, that you never know for sure if you will see it. And when you do see it you feel so blessed with nature showing you the lights. For me that’s really the magic of aurora.

I feel lucky to have seen the Northern Light a few times now. I first saw it while doing volunteer work in Iceland. We closely watched the ‘aurora-forecast’ online, and if there would be the slightest chance of aurora, we would go outside with our cameras and wait.

Again I saw the northern lights the next year in Bergen (Norway). It’s quite special to see it in Bergen, because generally aurora isn’t visible that southern. Large groups of international students had gathered at a park, where it was dark enough to see the light. Later that year, I got to see it again during a trip to Tromso, in the north of Norway. Trying to find a dark spot in the city was challenging, but the lights were so strong that day, you could see it almost everywhere.

Last year, has been the ultimate year for aurora sightings. For my masters research I moved to Northern Norway for 2,5 months mid winter. Here, the northern lights were a general part of the already mesmerizing landscape. I did go out to take pictures of the aurora, but it was actually during everyday activities that I found the sight of the aurora most mesmerizing. While sitting in the car or on the back of the snowmobile, I would watch the aurora dance in the sky.