Super Sonico Magazine May. 2014 | Page 16

Things you must watch Aurora borealis The theater of nature appears in the sky with a great light show as the main protagonist: the aurora borealis in front of you. Each occurrence of the aurora borealis is unique. Sometimes you see three green bands, dancing in the night sky. Sometimes shown as a curtain of green electricity as a tornado or dim light. The color is a bright sometimes with a touch of pink on the edges and in the center occasionally violet green. If there is a lot of activity up there, the aurora shows a final burst for a minute or two in a crown shape. After that, the aurora ends abruptly and you wonder if it was real or just a mirage Arctic. During the summer season in Norway the sun never sets north of the Arctic Circle and for a couple of months is visible 24 hours. This phenomenon is caused by the tilt of Earth's axis - an imaginary line through the planet between the north and south poles and around which the broken. As the Earth orbits the Sun, the tilt makes the North Pole remains facing the sun in summer (keeping the Arctic zone lighted even if the Earth rotates) and away from the Sun in winter (leaving this area of the planet under the dark). So in summer sunlight is continuous. Midnight sun 1 6 Super Sonico | Magazine