Chasing The Incredible Northern Lights

Going to see the northern lights dancing has always been my dream. Though that’s different I never got a chance, but I know the day will come when I’ll be standing there looking up at the sky for polar lights and witnessing the wonders of nature in cold winters.

Talking about winter, It’s my favourite season. I understand how tough the winter is for so many people around the world. But for me, winter is magical and beyond beautiful, especially winter nights.

Light is never as beautiful as it is during the most extreme times of the year. People often compare winter with darkness, but what about the lights we get from millions of other suns far and far away. The lights that travelled through billions of distances and unimaginable time, just to be ended in your eyes.

Isn’t it breathtaking?

The Magic of Northern Lights That Dances In The Sky

Many of you may already know about these polar lights or perhaps you’ve already witnessed them with your eyes. But in case you don’t know, let me explain what these lights are and where they come from.

There are few natural phenomena as awe-inspiring as the Northern Lights. Also known as the Aurora Borealis, the Northern Lights are a display of colourful light that appears in the night sky. They are caused by charged particles from the sun interacting with the Earth’s atmosphere.

The Northern Lights are most commonly seen in countries near the Arctic Circle, such as Norway, Finland, and Iceland. However, they can occasionally be seen as far south as the United States.

What makes the Northern Lights so rare and beautiful is that they are constantly changing. The colours and patterns are always in flux, making each display unique.

The Lights also tend to be most active during the winter months, when the nights are the longest. This makes them a special treat for those who can see them.

Tromsø, Norway is considered the “Capital of Northern Lights” and for a good reason. But people living in the northern part of Sweden also get to see it the most.

Look up in the sky sometimes, people!!

Do you remember this quote from Interstellar?

We used to look up at the sky and wonder at our place in the stars, now we just look down and worry about our place in the dirt.

COOper, Interstellar

Interstellar was right. In this material world, we are all too busy keeping our heads down, working our asses off making ends meet so that no one bothers to look up and be fascinated by the vast space anymore. In the symbolic sense, life is so hard we slowly forget about our dreams as we grow old.

We forgot the reality, we forgot our worth. We even forgot that we get this human life so luckily, whose chances are among the billionths of a per cent.

But yet we don’t realize the importance of it. Oftentimes forget to appreciate this beautiful gift of life and all the infinite wonders we have in front of our eyes or what we are yet to see.

Although I don’t get a clear sky here because of the weather and sometimes the immense amount of pollution. But I picked up the habit of looking up from wherever I was. I would look into the sky, and crack a smile making out that very limited ten to twenty stars in the clear sky.

However, it still makes me wonder about things that are hard to explain. Most people I’ve heard said thinking about the universe gives them an existential crisis.

But if you ask me, thinking or talking about the universe motivates me. I insist, that if you ever feel down just step outside and look up at the stars, you feel better. All your negative thoughts & sufferings will start to fade in front of those starlights.

All those numbers, concepts and thoughts we have as intelligent beings feel insignificant. This kind of motivation is perhaps the best thing in the world.

Take a journey To the Northern Lights At Midnight

I have so many things on my bucket list, but nothing is compared to the experience of lying down inside a snug igloo in Sweden, Norway, Finland, or Alaska and seeing the dance of those polar lights. The greetings send by the sun to illuminate the darkness.

I can never imagine or even describe how it’ll feel to stand under northern lights in a cold and dark winter. I can take all the darkness as long as I get to see these lights and billions of other suns behind them.

So, stay young at heart and treasure the dreams you have. And don’t forget to chase these incredible northern lights

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