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February 2024

February 29th - Private Aurora Chase
Aurora between fast going clouds over the snowy mountains fjord landscape

  • Guests / Country: 4 guests from USA.
  • Weather Tromsø: Cloudy, rain, sleet.
  • Destination / weather: Holt / Balsfjord / cloudy / part clear / clear.
  • Aurora activity: 5/10.
  • Aurora show: Several spikes across the sky, curtains and spikes.
  • Tour km: 250.
  • Tour hrs: 7.
  • Wildlife: Three foxes.

The weather forecast said rain, sleet, snow and strong wind, and then later it should clear up from the south east, so I decided to postpone the start time with two hours for avoid the worst weather.

But, when we left the city, the really bad weather begins little delayed, so it was a hard drive where the wet snow packed around all lights on the bus, so I had to stop several times for remove it, so I could see the road.

At the gas station 70 km south in Nordkjosbotn we took a longer break, and when we contiuned the weather was better.

Then I heard from one colleague it was clear sky 100 km further south, and then an another said it was clearing up onnly 30 km to the east, som we headed that way ... but, it was overcast again when we arrived ...

Two big buses left the area, but I decided to stay and wait ... and then we begin to see stars and the sky cleared really good, but no Aurora visible ...

Before we left after 1,5 hours waiting our Aurora forecast said it should come some activity just before 2 am, so as I planned, a stop in Balsfjord 75 km south of the city; it`s happened ... and the next 45 mins we got a nice show, before the clouds covered the sky again.

February 28th
People in the forest snowy landscape under the sky of the Northern Lights

  • Guests / Country: 16 guests from India, Portugal, Germany, France, UK and USA.
  • Weather Tromsø: Part clear.
  • Destination / weather: Finnvika / Dåfjord / part clear.
  • Aurora activity: 6/10.
  • Aurora show: All over, curtains, spikes and curls. Little pink dancing.
  • Tour km: 145.
  • Tour hrs: 6.
  • Space show: One lovely and bright falling fireball.
  • Wildlife: One stoat.

Tonight I duplicated last night first plan, by staying at the coast, since the sky again was clear ... the weather forecast says the opposite, so I was actually on my way into the country side up in a valley close to the Swedish border.

First stop just a few km north of the airport, before we headed north of my own island Ringvassøya, where we got an beautiful time together with Lady Aurora.

February 27th
Faint Aurora on a misty sky between the two mountain peaks

  • Guests / Country: 14 guests from Germany, France and USA.
  • Weather Tromsø: Part clear.
  • Destination / weather: Signaldalen valley / part clear / haze.
  • Aurora activity: 4/10.
  • Aurora show: Several stripes on the north sky, but faint. Curtains and spikes.
  • Tour km: 220.
  • Tour hrs: 7.
  • Wildlife: One moose.

First I was thinking about to stay on the coast, since the weather forecast was totally wrong and it was clear sky over the city when we left ... but, I didn`t really trusted it and went south east into the clouds ...

We missed the first show cause too much clouds, but when we arrived our own Toblerone mountain in Signaldalen valley, the sky was lovely clear, with only a few clouds.

Lady Aurora was shy, but suddenly we got a nice show above us.

February 22nd - Ewen Bell`s 14 days Photography Tour
Aurora over the pain forest in the snowy valley

  • Guests / Country: 9 guests from Australia, UK and USA.
  • Weather Nordkjosbotn: Cloudy.
  • Destination / weather: Signaldalen valley / clear.
  • Aurora activity: 4/10.
  • Aurora show: Several stripes across the sky, curls and spikes.
  • Tour km: 70.
  • Tour hrs: 4,5.

Photo by Ewen Bell, Australia.
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February 20th - Ewen Bell`s 14 days Photography Tour
Faint Aurora over the fjord with the surrounding snowy mountains

  • Guests / Country: 9 guests from Australia, UK and USA.
  • Destination / weather: Grovfjord / part clear.
  • Aurora activity: 2/10.
  • Aurora show: Just a glimpse of it, some curtains.
  • Tour km: 0.
  • Tour hrs: 1.

Photo by Ewen Bell, Australia.
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February 18th - Ewen Bell`s 14 days Photography Tour
Aurora between the clouds with the moon over the snowy peaks by the fjord

  • Guests / Country: 9 guests from Australia, UK and USA.
  • Destination / weather: Husøy, Senja / part clear / a lot of clouds.
  • Aurora activity: 3/10.
  • Aurora show: Several stripes across the sky, spikes and curls.
  • Tour km: 0.
  • Tour hrs: 1.

Photo by Ewen Bell, Australia.
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February 13th - Ewen Bell`s 14 days Photography Tour
An Aurora stripe on blue sky over the cabin

  • Guests / Country: 9 guests from Australia, UK and USA.
  • Destination / weather: Lauklines / partly clear.
  • Aurora activity: 6/10.
  • Aurora show: All over and far south, curls, spikes and curtains. Two colors on camera.
  • Tour km: 0.
  • Tour hrs: 1+2.

Photo by Ewen Bell, Australia.
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We had just came back from a whole day photography day further north in the area of Grøtfjord and Tromvik area, when we got a lovely Aurora show on blue sky at 5.30 pm.

Then the patience game begins, more clouds arrived, and the activity was faded out ... so, we followed the aurora forecast, and checked the weather report every 15 mins the whole evening ... and then just before midnight Lady Aurora came back with a really good show which last to 3 am ... but, then I was sleeping ...

February 8th - Private Aurora Chase
A lady along the road under the sky of the Northern Lights

  • Guests / Country: 15 guests from Taiwan.
  • Weather Lauklines: Part clear.
  • Destination / weather: Grøtfjord / part clear.
  • Aurora activity: 2/10.
  • Aurora show: A couple of bright green stripes across low on the north sky.
  • Tour km: 75.
  • Tour hrs: 5.

The Lady was quiet tonight, so I am glad that we was close by the coast ... actually on the coast, so we just headed from Kattfjord, where I picked up my guests at Lauklines Kystferie and drove to Grøtfjord, 35 km further north on Kvaløya island.

We made a stop at Blåmannsvika where we got the best one, of a very early Aurora show who last from 4 to 6.30 pm.

When we arrived the final stop and I set a camp fire, the show was over and it was only a glow left ... and then on the early return we got little around 10 pm ...

February 6th - My chase night no. 1,985
Colorful Aurora on a great starry sky over the frozen lake

  • Guests / Country: 15 guests from Australia, China, UK and USA.
  • Weather Tromsø: Cloudy / snow.
  • Destination / weather: Keinovuopio, Finnish Lapland / clear.
  • Aurora activity: 3/10.
  • Aurora show: It was faint, but two colors on camera. Spikes and curtains.
  • Tour km: 370.
  • Tour hrs: 8,5.
  • Wildlife: One fox.

New cold record on my chases; It was freezing cold 31 minus degrees celcius!

And such a beautiful and bright starry sky ... I normally recommend my guests to come back for the full moon Aurora, but this night Idecided to not mention it ... it was such a great and lovely sky ... I think I have never experience it like this ever ...

With snow in from west and the coast it was only one thing to do tonight, a drive I haven`t done so many times this season ... only 4 times in September, 2 in December, 1 in January, and now the first night in February; A chase into Finnish Lapland! Last season I was 70% inside the Finnish border ...

But, the temperature was dropping deap while we drove further east ... so, the engine was going all night ... not the best for the environment, but necessary for keep my guests alive ...

The Lady was shy tonight, but we got lovely green and red colors, plus the amazing stars on the camera ;)

February 5th
Couple of red Aurora stripes across the sky by the forest fjord landscape

  • Guests / Country: 15 guests from New Zealand, Italy, Germany, UK and USA.
  • Weather Tromsø: Clear.
  • Destination / weather: Skarsfjord / clear / part cloudy.
  • Aurora activity: 6/10.
  • Aurora show: Several stripes across the sky, curtains, spikes and curls. Little dancing.
  • Tour km: 95.
  • Tour hrs: 5,5.
  • Wildlife: One stoat and two reindeer.
  • Space show: Several good and bright fireballs.

Lovely clear sky, so it was time to do it short again; So, I drove to a location where I haven`t been this season; Skarsfjord, 50 km north of the city.

It`s a couple of very good places to stay there, but too many guides are starting earlier than me, so it was packed when we arrived, so I was not sure where we should stop ... but, then The Lady was already going straight above us, so I found a new location which was perfect.

Lovely deep colors in the beginning, then little dancing and just before we should leave it became very curly and powerful.

Back in the city super early, before midnight, and while I was driving home tonight`s best show arrived; an huge explotion with a great and colorful corona stright above my bus, so I had to stop and shoot some pics ... Yeah, I know; I am Aurora addicted ;)

 

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