Today is my last day here, I have to make the most out of it! And of course, also at night! I am starting to feel a little sad because it's my last day here...
I already feel familiar enough with my new tool, the GPS, with my pal from the land of snow! 馃椇! It tells me I am walking on a lake, I hope the ice crust is thick enough 馃槹
So I want to walk as far as possible into the park... I meet on the way some people skiing who ask me what I am doing out there without skis 馃槀馃槀
I am done with avoiding terrains because I do not know how deep the snow is, finally I decide to let my "inner child" get out and walk into the snow no matter how deep it is, I miss my nephews so much! ❤
Rising my level of intrepidness... 馃槣 I keep exploring the park out of the marked zone... Luckily, some snowmobiles passed by leaving a trail in the snow, because I was already considering to go back...
Surrealistic moment 馃樀 From a wooden hut by the shore of the lake, which looks abandoned, two girls come out wearing bikinis, they run shouting very loud and get into a hole practiced in the ice crust of the lake, for a quick dip! I am not sure who is freaking out the most: myself while watching them, or they, when looking at me with eyes wide open and a super warm suit. It was so funny! 馃槅
Someone, I swear I don't know who馃槵, tried to follow the track of an animal and sunk at least one meter in the snow... how naive馃槢
Passion outburst in the lake... I ❤Lapland
Saying goodbye to the
lake. There is no time to return here again... The sun is shining! ☀ ☀ ☀ I am so happy! 馃榾馃榾馃榾
Preparing my third and
last night of possible aurora sighting: 3 pairs of wool socks and a pair of
boots "Made in Sweden" that weighed more than me 馃槺
My legs will be wrapped in
a thermal blanket, but not so my feet. In fact, my toes hurt a lot, they freeze at
minus 15 degrees Centigrade even with the 3 pairs of socks and the mega boots... It's cold, mum! ⛄ ⛄ ⛄
I have decided to join an "Aurora photo tour" because I guess that otherwise, I will not be able to take any pics of the show...馃槗 One must look in the North direction, and after some time waiting, one can see a kind of green curtain of light hanging behind the clouds☁... Pleiades can be seen wonderfully! Here comes the dream I have been chasing! "Aurora!" screams start to be heard around 馃ぉ馃ぉ馃ぉ
In the beginning, it changes just slowly, but step by step it comes to life... 馃懚馃徏
On the other side of the
sky, looking South, suddenly an unexpected greenish hue appears... Like if
somebody had switched on a light there! You have to check all the sky
above all the time if you do not want to miss a thing!!馃憖
The pink color of the
cloud is the result of light pollution from the village I guess, because it is
located on that side. But it is strange because the village is so small, and
has almost no lights... I'll try to find out.
Patiently waiting for
the cloud to leave... I also watch other areas of the sky but there is nothing
else to see anywhere... for the moment馃槈
The brightness
intensifies... My fingers and toes hurt terribly 馃ザ馃ザ馃ザbut I do not stop pressing the
camera shooting button somehow... 馃my fingers feel like a stone! They can not
move 馃惂but it is worth馃槃
Come on, slowly... 馃
The action starts in slow motion... 馃槅
The photographer told me
to stay quiet! But no way!馃槀
Normally it is difficult for me to pose forcing a smile... 馃ぃ馃ぃ
Sorry, no more looking
at the camera while this show is behind me! 馃槢
After my turn in the photocall, I go back to my camera! From time to time some more intense bright spots appear, now it's not just to the North, but there is a kind of stripe that extends from North to South instead ☄馃Л馃Л
Bonito... 馃グ
Looking South opposite the initial greenish curtain 馃憠馃徏 Still not very active in this area馃き
Here the pink color, caused by nitrogen, can be seen clearly, it appears suddenly at the edge of the green stripe and then disappears again... 馃尗 In the beginning, this color fills up from one end towards the other, like in soft touches, or like if someone was blowing slowly from one end to the other of the stripe and with every blow, the green "smoke" fades away turning into pink...馃尓 I know, this is impossible to get, but I swear I can not compare it to anything familiar, you must experience it!! 馃槏馃槏
Suddenly, a huge flash! 馃槏 馃槏 ⚡
You look right above your head and see some kind of "hot gas" moving at incredible speeds, resembling the jet stream coming out of an airplane's turbine 馃巻 and creating turbulence in the air...馃巼 It's like if the wind suddenly turned visible, like if the air acquired a green color, it's sublime! 馃挌
The sky fills up with green light meandering around while changing in shape and color! 馃尓 Screams馃槅, applause馃憦馃徏, jumps馃じ馃徏️ , eyes wide open馃樀, huge smiles馃槂, this is really otherworldly! 馃ぉ
Sometimes a turning spiral is formed, sometimes it looks like someone spread sand on a glass and moved it by blowing馃お, the pink color comes and goes like in brush-strokes... children scream from fear, adults from joy! 馃憦 馃憦
And the night was not night anymore! 馃挌 馃挌 ✨ ✨
You must enjoy every second because the vertiginous explosion of colors last just a few minutes ⏳馃挌馃挋馃挏
馃敟
...and more! My camera is almost burning! 馃摲
Aurora relaxes slowly... 馃ケ
...changes its shape... 馃悕
... loses brightness...✨
... fades away...馃懟
... bye-bye, aurora... 馃槬馃槬
... see you next time...馃檹 馃檹
... I have to come back ... 馃搯
I feel lucky and I've
fallen in love with this place 馃挒馃挊
I am absolutely sure that aurora is the best natural show on Earth, even better than an explosive volcanic eruption... I think that could not make me more enthusiastic than a "powerful" aurora 馃槉
After a great aurora
night 馃弳(the third one), I wake up at 5:45 to see the sunrise from my
window but I can not help to get out for a last stroll of 5 km before leaving for the airport, cool!馃榾 :)
BYE BYE LAPLAND 馃馃馃
