Always spectacular

I know that people from all around the world travel north of the arctic circle to get a experience of the northern lights/ aurora borealis. In Stokmarknes where I live "Hurtigruta" (a costal cruise) departures twise a day. Hurtigruta is a popular way to get a look at the northern lights. 

I am lucky to have seen it a lot of times along my 26 years and sometimes it is actualy a bit boring when it´s not strong and powerful. I said in the headline that it´s always spectacular and I still mean that. Sometimes through the season it's really powerful, strong and low on the sky, dancing fast with a lot of colors. That´s far past spectacular and I can´t stop watching the sky.

 

Now i´m working night shift,  I work as a police offiser in Vesterålen. A police officer here is driving long distances to cover the whole district, through parts where there´s no artificial light. Then we often stop for some minutes to look at the sky.

At the opposite side of the year it´s light all night long. This picture is from the middle of the night in the summer, also on nightshift.

Now I'm very tired so I will try to get half an hour with my eyes closed.

Andreas