We went to an amazing presentation about the Aurora with aurora scientists in Sodankylä - it was fascinating to hear all about the research they are doing, and to see photo's of some amazing aurora's.
This is the Kota that we went to the Aurora presentation in - it was cozy inside. These are quite common in Finland (usually they aren't quite so permanent & nicely fitted out inside).
The next day Hannah wasn't well, so she rested in the girls room (we moved the furniture around so she could do an IV herself).
Whilst Hannah rested, Nikki, Steve & Jacqui went skiing!!
The hotel was so close to the ski slopes, we just had to ski down the run, and then ski a short distance down the road (so much fun - no traffic in such a small town) and straight into the hotel. This is Jacqui skiing down the road.
The last night we were in Luosto Steve spent the evening putting on all the snow gear and going outside quite a few times to check on the Aurora - finally at 12.30 he got us all out of bed, and we were given the most amazing Aurora show we could have imagined - there were ribbons across the sky, dancing lights, and finally to top it all off we saw an aurora formation in the shape of a crown!!! We had just been told the night before that this is a really rare sight that many aurora researchers only see once in a lifetime - we were SO excited!! (this isn't our photo, but it gives you an idea of what it was like).
I know it is geeky - but this is the screenshot we took after we got back to the hotel room of the aurora we saw from the Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory. As you can see, it was very brief, so we were VERY lucky!!
We went to an amazing presentation about the Aurora with aurora scientists in Sodankylä - it was fascinating to hear all about the research they are doing, and to see photo's of some amazing aurora's.
This is the Kota that we went to the Aurora presentation in - it was cozy inside. These are quite common in Finland (usually they aren't quite so permanent & nicely fitted out inside).
The next day Hannah wasn't well, so she rested in the girls room (we moved the furniture around so she could do an IV herself).
Whilst Hannah rested, Nikki, Steve & Jacqui went skiing!!
The hotel was so close to the ski slopes, we just had to ski down the run, and then ski a short distance down the road (so much fun - no traffic in such a small town) and straight into the hotel. This is Jacqui skiing down the road.
The last night we were in Luosto Steve spent the evening putting on all the snow gear and going outside quite a few times to check on the Aurora - finally at 12.30 he got us all out of bed, and we were given the most amazing Aurora show we could have imagined - there were ribbons across the sky, dancing lights, and finally to top it all off we saw an aurora formation in the shape of a crown!!! We had just been told the night before that this is a really rare sight that many aurora researchers only see once in a lifetime - we were SO excited!! (this isn't our photo, but it gives you an idea of what it was like).
I know it is geeky - but this is the screenshot we took after we got back to the hotel room of the aurora we saw from the Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory. As you can see, it was very brief, so we were VERY lucky!!
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