10 Best Places To See The Northern Lights

The Solar Maximum has flipped. It may sound like the end of the world, but it in fact isn’t… it’s just a bit of science.

Nasa and the Goddard Space Centre announced that the Sun’s polarity has finally flipped, meaning that half of the Solar Maximum is behind us but the other half, very possibly the better half, still lies ahead.

Which means if you’re in Scandinavia, you won’t be able to see the Northern Lights until late August/early September, so if you’re planning a trip up that way any time soon, you best wait until autumn. Organising a trip to see the Northern Lights is really easy when you visit www.theaurorazone.com, who have specifically designed holiday packages to make sure you don’t miss out on one of the world’s most incredible phenomenons.

Now back to the science… the bods at NASA believe that the current solar cycle will start to decline in 2015, but note that their own research suggests that major solar flares and noteworthy geomagnetic activity normally occur as a solar cycle declines.

This is a natural, recurring phenomenon and totally harmless! The flip in polarity heralds the peak of Solar Cycle 24 and signifies the mid-point in this particular Solar Maximum (the period when the Northern Lights are historically at their most frequent and spectacular).

Experts have said, “The coming autumn/winter of 2014/2015 could represent the best opportunity to see the Lights until the peak of Solar Cycle 25, which will occur in approximately 11 years’ time. Are you really prepared to wait that long to tick off this key bucket-list dream?”

10 best places to see the Northern Lights – or Aurora Borealis if you want to get technical are:

1. Norway
2. Finland
3. Sweden
4. Iceland
5. Alaska
6. Canada
7. Greenland
8. Scotland
9. Russia
10. Denmark

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