Aurora Magic in Lapland

Aurora in Lapland, 1 Feb 2017 (photo by James Sensor via Flickr Creative Commons license)

10 January 2025

Last Sunday Jari Romppainen posted a short video of the aurora over Lapland on 5 January. On that day, full daylight in Ranua, Finland lasted only 3 hours and 36 minutes though there were more than 7 hours of twilight. That night the sky would have been dark for nearly 13 hours but the aurora and a waxing crescent moon made it bright.

Two years ago on 14 January 2023, Romppainen captured more than five minutes of aurora magic. Sometimes the lights resemble a waterfall cascading into Earth’s atmosphere.

video embedded from Jarcce on YouTube

Here’s where the videos were filmed. Do you understand Finnish? You can tell me what they’re saying.

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