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Northern Lights Viewing in Finland are the most amazing and breath taking phenomenon of Finland. During Northern Lights Viewing in Finland, tourists consist of a display of deep green and yellow colors of lights at times tinged with bands of red on the clear night skies of winter.

When in Finland one has a fantastic chance of seeing the Northern Lights, which is also known as the Aurora Borealis. Various shades of soothing blue are most distinctive colors that can be seen in the skies of Lap lands from November to January. The land is enveloped in a dim veil of light, known as the kaamos, and is bid "good night" for its winter slumber. During these mid-winter months, the sun does not rise at all.

The Northern Lights flash across the clear night skies as if to counterbalance the sleepy world of snow and ice. The phenomenon can be witnessed in almost any part of Lapland. At times it can be seen much further south, and occasionally in Helsinki if the weather conditions are right.

In Finnish Lapland, the Northern Lights can be witnessed in the sky for about 200 nights a year. Clear skies would have made the lights visible almost all the time of the year. Often clouds obstruct a clear view since the lights originate at the altitudes of 100 kilometers and above.

The usual greenish-yellow, and at times reddish, appearance of the aurora is produced by the oxygen in the atmosphere. The blue and violet light is due to nitrogen. The particles causing the Northern Lights come from the sun. They are catapulted out into space at speeds of up to 1000 kilometers a second on the solar wind.

The Northern Lights is popular as the most beautiful color spectacle of the nature. The presentation at the Aurora House, given by a local expert, guides one through ancient beliefs and myths to the latest scientific truth about the Northern lights. One can also listen to real radio signals from the space and at the same time enjoy the secrets of the nature's most amazing light show.

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