American reacts to the Northern Lights

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  • @MarxFolower
    @MarxFolower ปีที่แล้ว +375

    The American Bubble never cease to impress me

    • @morbidsnails1913
      @morbidsnails1913 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      It's absolutely ridiculous how little they know about the world outside their own country, such ignorant people.

    • @niallrussell7184
      @niallrussell7184 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@morbidsnails1913 or even their own country.

    • @morbidsnails1913
      @morbidsnails1913 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@niallrussell7184 Very true

    • @Carol_65
      @Carol_65 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I'm American, and I think it's safe to say that everyone I know is aware of this and knows what causes it. Plus, sometimes you can see them in the lower states. I remember seeing this once in Pennsylvania when I was a teenager.

    • @tiniselles
      @tiniselles ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@Carol_65probably after a few drinks 😂😂😂 . At your latitude 😮

  • @DruncanUK
    @DruncanUK ปีที่แล้ว +222

    "...for kids and Americans" - that broke me! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @crabLT
      @crabLT ปีที่แล้ว +7

      well... she is not wrong.

    • @rattywoof5259
      @rattywoof5259 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Too true - they must have the poorest education system in the western world.

    • @williamwilkes9873
      @williamwilkes9873 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What?........Yanks have schools?

    • @Kivas_Fajo
      @Kivas_Fajo ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@rattywoof5259 ...and in their colourful words by a landslide.

    • @gabecollins5585
      @gabecollins5585 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@rattywoof5259 They are actually one of the best in certain areas. We aren’t as stupid as you silly people think. Crazy how many comments of Europeans talking about how we are uneducated and stupid they think we are in this comment section. Europeans only know how to hate towards us and it can be insulting sometimes. The video was for “Americans” because we do not see this in the us except for Alaska so it’s a very foreign thing to us that most will never see in person.

  • @pvstiphout
    @pvstiphout ปีที่แล้ว +95

    What happened to the USA, that you didn't know about the auroras?
    Have you really never though about how a fluorescent light works?
    The basic principle is what humans learned from studying the auroras.
    The auroras are always there, the bright sunlight mostly overpower the mutch weaker aurora.
    When the aurora are stronger, you can see them during daytime.
    I do appreciate your honesty and willingness to learn.

    • @BlackHoleSpain
      @BlackHoleSpain ปีที่แล้ว

      Because there's a current of skepticism, a trend in american and other modern societies where illiterate people mistrust anything that haven't seen or experienced with their own eyes.
      It's like returning again to empirism vs rationalism battle that was fought in XVII century (Descartes vs Hume) and forgetting 300 years of science advancements.

  • @tuikku22
    @tuikku22 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    I have been watching them ever since childhood when playing out in the snow all evenings long. You see them best in the darkness of the winter and obviously cloudless sky😊
    Greetings from Finland 🇫🇮

    • @loopywren
      @loopywren ปีที่แล้ว +7

      How amazng. I am hoping to to Northern Norway whenI can get about again. I am 82 so may not make it, at least I have seen them on here many times.. You are so lucky.

    • @tuikku22
      @tuikku22 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@loopywren ❤️🙏👍

    • @nannakurzhaar
      @nannakurzhaar 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I´m jealous, I did see them only ones and very very faint .... somewhen I need to book a holiday and just stay until I saw them 😍

  • @trassentante
    @trassentante ปีที่แล้ว +56

    In Reykjavík, Iceland they turn off the street lights on some days in the winter when there are good days for northern lights. So the tourists can watch it much better within the city.

    • @egoneiermann-tn7sc
      @egoneiermann-tn7sc ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The last week the aurora zone was shifted so far to the south that we could have seen something here in Germany, was then unfortunately not the suitable weather.

    • @rosey_ie
      @rosey_ie ปีที่แล้ว

      Ohhhh I hope this is done for the residents as much as it is the tourists 🥺

    • @awkwardcutie
      @awkwardcutie ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Omg I'd love that 😭 live in Sweden but I live too far south for it to be common or easy to see 😭 it is possible tho and especially with a camera but hard to see with your own eyes. I hav e seen them clearly once but it was so short. I really wanna go llre nlrth and see them 😭❤️

    • @ivarmarkusson382
      @ivarmarkusson382 ปีที่แล้ว

      i lived in reykjavík for 13 years, and for 39 years in iceland and i have never seen that or even heard of it been done. so.. i think thats simply not true

    • @MrROBBIE1953
      @MrROBBIE1953 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ivarmarkusson382 it is true and i have seen it in life you need to go out at night or if in Iceland in the winter as its allways dark then.

  • @marthat4258
    @marthat4258 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    You can also see them in Alaska ,Northern Canada and sometimes they dip into The upper Midwest and some Northern states. And yes they are that vivid sometimes. There is a scale of how bright they will be for at night called the Aurora scale.

    • @jeschinstad
      @jeschinstad ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes, you can see auroras in Canada, but it's very difficult to get as far north. I think that's why Norway is more famous for them, since you can easily get there.

    • @Mary_Thompson
      @Mary_Thompson ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@@jeschinstad Alaska has cities far north enough to see the aurora borealis.

    • @jeschinstad
      @jeschinstad ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Mary_Thompson: I know. You can see auroras all over the world if the storm is strong enough. But the further north/south you get, the stronger they are and the more frequent. You can't get further north than you can get in Norway, except on a ship, so Norway is more famous for it. Most people go on vacation, not expedition. :)

  • @zebo-the-fat
    @zebo-the-fat ปีที่แล้ว +49

    It says a lot about "education" system in America!

    • @gabecollins5585
      @gabecollins5585 ปีที่แล้ว

      Doesn’t show even a tiny morsel of it. If you don’t mind. Where are you from right now?

    • @zebo-the-fat
      @zebo-the-fat ปีที่แล้ว

      @@gabecollins5585 From UK here

    • @gabecollins5585
      @gabecollins5585 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@zebo-the-fat Adds up.

    • @Mary_Thompson
      @Mary_Thompson ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Every American public elementary school teaches about the aurora borealis in science textbooks, documentary films, and teachers' lectures.

    • @Timbothruster-fh3cw
      @Timbothruster-fh3cw ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ryan is clearly doing this for clicks, it's funny that you are so easily baited!

  • @LB-my1ej
    @LB-my1ej ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What Americans don’t know never ceases to amaze me, but ask them about any part of a gun and they know that.

  • @pietervoogt
    @pietervoogt ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Learning never stops. 'The man who says he has exhausted life generally means that life has exhausted him.' Oscar Wilde

  • @bearofthunder
    @bearofthunder ปีที่แล้ว +29

    I love in Norway, and I grew up under the Northern Lights. This video was a very good and concise introduction to the phenomenon. The Northern lights are always there like a donut around the magnetic north pole, and since the magnetic north pole is a bit different from the north pole relating to the axis of spin, the Northern lights moves in over the north part of norway every night. The lights are always there at night, but the intensity and activity varies a lot in relation the the activities on the sun. The Aurora often moves very fast, and can move around all over the sky. The typical behavior is that when the evening comes you start seeing bands of light in the horizon as it comes in over Norway from it's normal position. When the supply of particles are stable the bands of light may move slowly but constantly, but when there have been big storms on the sun, the activity of the Aurora can get incredible and fantastic. There are many great videos on youtube with Aurora. Some of them display unnatural speed, but also some that show very fast movement shows how the Aurora can be sometimes. It is not often you can "read a book" in the light of the Aurora, but if you are lucky you may experence this if you have good eyesight to read in such dim light. You can compare it to moonlight when the activity and intensity is very high.

  • @GnosticAtheist
    @GnosticAtheist ปีที่แล้ว +84

    Coming from northern Norway its a little amusing when people have not seen it in real life. I love watching turists when they loose their shit. Granted, when they become violently active and cover the entire sky it can get a little spooky.
    As for the science of them, it has been developed for a very long time (as with everything in science). It has built up to where we are now, by cross field development. For instance, study into vision, geology, astronomy and mutliple other fields all play into a unified understanding of the specific issue, over centuries. Hmmm... That kinda was condensending when I read over it, but you watched a video for kids, so I feel I am justified ;)

    • @Arsenic71
      @Arsenic71 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      A few decades ago I was in the Tromsö area on an army exercise and that's where I encountered northern lights for the first time in my entire life. Nothing has ever moved me as much as seeing all those different colours and shapes along the sky. Here in Germany we don't get northern lights, except in very exceptional circumstances. Norway has always been my most favourite country and I really envy you guys living up north for having the opportunity to see northern lights on a (more or less) regular basis.

    • @GnosticAtheist
      @GnosticAtheist ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@Arsenic71 True, it can be grand. However, nothing is free. The price is darkness and cold.

    • @Arsenic71
      @Arsenic71 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@GnosticAtheistBut it's so worth it!

    • @jeschinstad
      @jeschinstad ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@GnosticAtheist: Darkness and cold is a reward, not a price. When it's dark, turn on lights. When it's cold, put on cloths. But there's a limit to how much cloths you can take off and you can't turn off the sun. I like Freedom, so I prefer cold and dark.

    • @Jinty92
      @Jinty92 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      So true. I am Scottish but my Nana was Norwegian. She grew up in the edge of the Arctic circle and described the total darkness for months at a time. She also described the celebrations when the light changed and they had a festival for 30 minutes of daylight. It's no wonder that in ancient times, people thought the world was ending and they had been punished by the Gods when the darkness came. I still have a jumper she knitted using her circular knitting needles. When I learned about Vikings in school she was amused when I asked her aged 7 if she used to be a Viking. I have her recipes for Blotcake and Tebrod. The Shetland Isles in the North of Scotland is closer to Norway than mainland Scotland and they still celebrate Viking fire festival each year.

  • @martinaklee-webster1276
    @martinaklee-webster1276 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Sometimes, you can see them in Germany as well. But just in case of a sun storm. I am amazed, this is not a part of your Curriculum,because this is a basic knowledge in nature science, and Polar lights can be seen in the US as well, in Alaska for example.

    • @Mary_Thompson
      @Mary_Thompson ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It is a part of American curriculum in all public elementary schools. You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.

  • @stevefoulston
    @stevefoulston ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Alaska's northern lights season is between late August and late April and peaks in March. The season is defined more by its long, dark nights than by solar activity. Peace out.

  • @maryannecomment3302
    @maryannecomment3302 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    I have also seen them in the North of the Netherlands. But it is very rare to see them so far south of the North Pole. It looks beautiful.

    • @MrTjonke
      @MrTjonke ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Live pretty far down in Sweden and can see them at least 20/year. Just have to make sure not to be in a light poluted area and know when they occur. Know a site for norther lights and their %chance to happen here in Sweden, but probably exists for rest of Europe.

    • @Toostie
      @Toostie ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Unfortunately, basically everywhere in the Netherlands is a light polluted area @@MrTjonke

  • @CM-ey7nq
    @CM-ey7nq ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Come on. We all know that the Norherns Lights are the work of Odin. Let's get real here folks.

    • @solaccursio
      @solaccursio ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ❤❤

    • @eichzoernchen
      @eichzoernchen ปีที่แล้ว +1

      *ratatoskr nodding*

    • @ImagineMySurprise510
      @ImagineMySurprise510 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Odin is too busy doing live streams on Friday Night Tights.

    • @CM-ey7nq
      @CM-ey7nq ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ImagineMySurprise510 Heretic! To Helheim with this one. (see ya there)

    • @DanVibesTV
      @DanVibesTV ปีที่แล้ว +1

      nah, Odin is forging shelves for IKEA

  • @Sophie.S..
    @Sophie.S.. ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Rest of the world - oh look the northern lights
    Americans - oh no, aliens have landed🤣😅🤣

    • @AHVENAN
      @AHVENAN ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Good thing America is so far south they dont get them at home atleast, or there would probably be mass panic in the streets in the US xD

  • @auldfouter8661
    @auldfouter8661 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    There's a nice old Scottish song called " The Northern Lights of Old Aberdeen" Earlier this year there were displays seen right down into the south of England. I've seen them at 55 deg N here in Ayrshire.

  • @layziek2137
    @layziek2137 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    In Norway (and other countries up north) you can see the northern lights best north of the artic circle and in the winter time. That's 'cause in the summer we have the midnight sun and in the winter time we have (almost) no sun. It's easier to see when it's dark and you are outside of the big cities (avoid light pollution). And the fewer clouds the better. It's a beautiful sight and often when the skies are clear in the winter time.

  • @JustBigL66
    @JustBigL66 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    greetings from germany =) the clue on how they figured this out lies in the color of the light because depending on which molekule is exicted it will be always one very specific wavelength or color of light. oxygen makes green, nitrogen red and so on. from there you'd need to work backwards on what can cause the excitation of those molekules.

    • @gbulmer
      @gbulmer ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well done. This is the first comment I've found so far which actually says something helpful both about the colour and links it to cause. 👍👍
      One tiny issue is it's spelled "molecule" not "molekule".
      Best Wishes. ☮

  • @randyval2
    @randyval2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I grew up in northern Canada, the auroras were amazing, not only green, but pinks and yellows as well, i miss that sky. you could see a mind blowing amount of stars without all the light pollution.

  • @josefschiltz2192
    @josefschiltz2192 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights (BBC Documentary) might be worth a watch for you, Ryan. It's on TH-cam. Of course, if you don't want to see the whole thing then you can skip to the last quarter hour or so. Joanna is always a most engaging host however.

    • @lynnhamps7052
      @lynnhamps7052 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Love Joanna, she is soo British! Lol..🇬🇧😊✌💖

    • @josefschiltz2192
      @josefschiltz2192 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@lynnhamps7052 Well, that's the RP effect! Lol!

  • @CallMeSky-bs1kt
    @CallMeSky-bs1kt ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I have a window on the roof above my bed so that sometimes when it isn't cloudy I can lay in bed watching the beautiful colours dance in the sky above my head.
    even though I have grown up with these lights all my life from living in Norway, they never stop being amasing. greetings from Norway

  • @elainethemusician3310
    @elainethemusician3310 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    They are due in parts of the UK this month. Alaska is the only state to share a latitude with the UK.

  • @shhhhhh62
    @shhhhhh62 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    We can see them in Northern Ireland too - on a clear night. I first saw them on a school trip when I was 11.

  • @gaynorhead2325
    @gaynorhead2325 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    You can sometimes see them if you go to the far north of the UK. Do Americans actually learn anything beyond their own shores? It’s scary.

    • @Mary_Thompson
      @Mary_Thompson ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Alaska is within our shores. The northern part of Alaska is within the Arctic Circle. The free public schools taught us this and gave us an excellent education. Honestly, most of us Americans don't pay attention in class, do homework, study for tests, or read textbooks. I only paid attention to about one percent of what they were trying to teach me.

    • @101steel4
      @101steel4 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@Mary_Thompsonwhy?

    • @Macs-l2k
      @Macs-l2k ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Mary_Thompson don't you have to go through another country to get there or by sea?

    • @Mary_Thompson
      @Mary_Thompson ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Macs-l2k Alaska is one of the 50 states, not only a "territory." There's no going from anywhere because it is already the U.S.A. It's separated from the contiguous 48 states by a very short boat ride or very brief land travel in B.C., Canada. (I'm from the Pacific Northwest.)

    • @Mary_Thompson
      @Mary_Thompson ปีที่แล้ว

      @101steel4 I don't understand why children would be motivated to do schoolwork like a slave. Children are forced against their will to go to school or be homeschooled because education is compulsory. They're not paid any money for doing the work, and they didn't apply for the job. That's slavery. Children have motive to rebel against this kind of treatment, and children have no motive to do schoolwork. Honestly, I rarely ever did any homework. I'm a natural born genius, so I learn faster than other people with very little effort.

  • @leohickey4953
    @leohickey4953 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I've never seen this in England, but it does occasionally reach this far south. Most British people see it in northern Scotland, and weather forecasters sometimes give advance warning when an especially strong display is anticipated.

    • @elemar5
      @elemar5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You can see them sometimes in N. Ireland.

    • @Thurgosh_OG
      @Thurgosh_OG ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I've seen it three times in Inverness and all three times it looked and was coloured differently.

    • @IveJustHadAPiss
      @IveJustHadAPiss ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I saw them in Southampton in February.

    • @JenMaxon
      @JenMaxon ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah my Dad has seen them in the UK - mostly in Scotland but as far south as his Yorkshire birthplace too

    • @monicawarner4091
      @monicawarner4091 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They've been visible in Manchester this past week.

  • @markusmalinen247
    @markusmalinen247 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    last night there were big northern lights in Finland. the sky shone green.

  • @Martinus74
    @Martinus74 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Beautiful and interesting. I love when you watch these kind of videos.

  • @AnaryaVhargon
    @AnaryaVhargon ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yes, you can also see them in the USA, go to Alaska. :)
    And no, not every day, only when the sun flares up [so when there are sun flares].
    And it always surprises me how little "North Americans" actually know...

  • @sdm9099
    @sdm9099 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    We saw them in Iceland, they are a amazing to see

  • @neverbored
    @neverbored ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I love how humble you are. And admire your curiousity and will to learn new things 🎉

  • @eichzoernchen
    @eichzoernchen ปีที่แล้ว +6

    every now and then we are here to learn something that's new to us, aren't we?
    great video😊

  • @nozzlepie
    @nozzlepie ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I've seen them this year from the south of the UK. Fortunately I live in an area of low light pollution, but it was still faint. The US and most of the Canadian population is south of the UK, so I'd guess it's much rarer there.

    • @Mary_Thompson
      @Mary_Thompson ปีที่แล้ว

      They're regularly visible in the U.S. state of Alaska and in northern Canada. They're occasionally visible in southern Canada and several other U.S. states.

  • @enemde3025
    @enemde3025 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The Aurora Borealis can be seen in Scotland as well. There's a song called " The Northern Lights of Old Aberdeen ".
    I can't believe that you have NEVER heard of them !? What are they teaching in U.S schools !?

    • @ahkkariq7406
      @ahkkariq7406 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      If there is one thing I can promise you as a former teacher, it's that teachers teach a lot that children either forget or never catch up in the first place, since their thoughts are everywhere else. Teachers in primary school usually get's accused of not teaching subjects since the students in middle school so often say "we never learned that" - while we actually taught it, and all the students at the time were engaged in the subject.

    • @Mary_Thompson
      @Mary_Thompson ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@ahkkariq7406 I can confirm this. U.S. public schools give excellent compulsory education from kindergarten through twelfth grade (free of charge), but students forget soon afterwards or never really focused on it in the first place, ignoring the textbooks, documentary films, lectures, writing on the chalkboards, and so on. Many students don't do all of their assignments or study for tests. Many students get low grades.

    • @ahkkariq7406
      @ahkkariq7406 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Mary_Thompson Exactly. Nor is it intended that the students should remember everything. They are not at school to memorize all kinds of knowledge, at least not in a Norwegian school. They are there to develop as humans and learn the basic techniques required to go out into life and continue to develop and learn.

    • @Mary_Thompson
      @Mary_Thompson ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ahkkariq7406 That's a much better way. Students should learn to self-educate in lifelong learning in their spare time as "auto-didacts." They ought to learn to have curiosity about the world.

    • @ahkkariq7406
      @ahkkariq7406 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Mary_Thompson I recently watched Michael Moore's film Where to invade next, where he visited Finland (the sequence can be found on TH-cam). Finland has the fewest school hours but still the best results. The only explanation I can find for that is that Finland succeeds best in motivating children to explore the world on their own initiative.

  • @teresaali6658
    @teresaali6658 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    🇬🇧 I’m off on a cruise in December to see the northern lights as it’s on my bucket list the Norwegian fjords 🇳🇴

  • @miniveedub
    @miniveedub ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I’ve been to Tasmania three times and also to New Zealand’s South Island but I’ve only caught a glimpse of Aurora Australis once on my last visit to Tassie. Occasionally it can be seen from mainland Australia but watching for it from Tasmania increases your chances.

  • @HT-io1eg
    @HT-io1eg ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I’ve seen the northern lights, in Finland, wonderful.

  • @linabmoniz
    @linabmoniz ปีที่แล้ว +2

    In Iceland, there are six months of night and six months of day (+/-). There's the midnight sun. Can you imagine seeing the sun at midnight or having daylight for 24 hours? It's strange but magnificent

  • @DavideBaroni
    @DavideBaroni ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I've traveled to Northern Finland to take photos of the Northern Lights a few years ago. I was told that the best time of the year was close to the equinox, so I went the week right after the Spring Equinox. Was there for 7 nights, and all nights but one there's been Auroras... Even the night I couldn't see them, it was obvious that they were right above the clouds, because the clouds themselves showed some "dancing colours" in transparency. And by the colours, THOSE have been the most powerful in all week. But I'm really happy with what I saw the other nights. 🤩
    Of course you can only see them at night. Which limits the time of the year you can see them to about 6 months per year, then you should move to the other Pole 😁.
    I can't stand the cold. And there were -25 to -35° C during the nights (-13 to -31° F), but it's been worthwhile. I admit I could go back there once more, if I could afford it. 🤩

  • @johnm8224
    @johnm8224 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Yes, these do tend to happen (to varying intensities, depending on how active the Sun is being), all of the time, it's just that they are not bright enough to be seen against a daylight background (similarly to the fact that stars are always in view, but you just can't make them out in daylight.)

  • @Pleple52
    @Pleple52 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We seen Aurora in Norway and it was a real spiritual and amazing experience.It’s on the bucket list of many people 😊

  • @auldfouter8661
    @auldfouter8661 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Scotland's national bard Robert Burns wrote about them in his narrative poem Tam O Shanter which was written in the 1780s . " Or like the Borealis race , that flits ere you can point their place. "

  • @lynnhamps7052
    @lynnhamps7052 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Can't believe a grown adult doesn't know what the Northern Lights are...mind boggling...✌🇬🇧

    • @101steel4
      @101steel4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Tbf he doesn't know what anything is 😂

    • @gaynorhead2325
      @gaynorhead2325 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Makes you wonder what they actually teach in American schools!!

    • @AlexGys9
      @AlexGys9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Me thinks it is great that he is smart enough to realize his lack of knowledge and that he is willing to educate himself. Lately, more and more Americans are doing the same. So there is hope for them. Give them some time, they'll get there.

    • @101steel4
      @101steel4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@gaynorhead2325 shooter drills probably

    • @sharonmartin4036
      @sharonmartin4036 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@101steel4 Nasty and unfair comment. At least he makes an effort to learn and admits when he doesn't know. Some people just pretend to know everything and they are the ones to worry about.

  • @okklidokkli
    @okklidokkli ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Grown man learns about Aurora Borealis..
    you and you’re brothers videos never stop entertain me.

    • @Enterialise
      @Enterialise ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Does his brother also have a YT channel? What is the name? 🙂
      I like Ryan and Im always on the look for new ones to explore

    • @Mary_Thompson
      @Mary_Thompson ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@Enterialise Tyler is his brother. He lives in the same neighborhood. He does the same kind of reaction videos, but not all the same countries. For example, Tyler does Norway.

    • @Enterialise
      @Enterialise ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Mary_Thompson Thats great! Myself is from sweden ☺️ But what is his channel called?

    • @Mary_Thompson
      @Mary_Thompson ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Enterialise Tyler Walker is the name that he uses when reacting to Norway. Tyler Rumple is his alias when reacting to the United Kingdom.

    • @Enterialise
      @Enterialise ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Mary_Thompson Thank you Mary! 🌸

  • @mikecaine3643
    @mikecaine3643 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    It's the reflection from the golden armour of the Valkyrie as they select the slain warriors who died bravely to dwell in Valhalla with Odin - everybody knows that !

  • @t.a.k.palfrey3882
    @t.a.k.palfrey3882 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The Aurora Bolearis I have seen many times in over a dozen countries, but only twice in the Lower 48. Once at Copper Harbor in Michigan, and once while crosscountry skiing in Olympia National Park WA. The Aurora Australis I've only seen once, though. That was at the military cemetery in the Falklands. This makes the UK the only country from which you may see both the Northern and Southern Lights.

    • @brigidsingleton1596
      @brigidsingleton1596 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Edit.
      You have transposed the 'l" and the "r"
      It is the Aurora Borealis. ❤🖖

    • @jbird4478
      @jbird4478 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Norway owns a bunch of islands around Antarctica, so technically you can see it from Norway as well.

    • @Achillionable
      @Achillionable ปีที่แล้ว

      Well you can see Northern lights from mainland France in case of large storms. Though, it's easier to see them in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, a french territory near Canada, due to its proximity to the Northern magnetic pole (lying in between the Kp0-Kp9 limits).
      And you can see the Southern lights very fairly easily at the Kerguelen Islands (once again, a French territory), being pretty south and also close to the south magnetic pole, once again lying within the Kp0-Kp9 zone.
      Of course you could see them even better in the "Terre Adelie", technically the french territory of Antarctica, but, meh. No one really owns Antarctica, so I don't count it.

  • @lilyliz3071
    @lilyliz3071 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Saw them last week , waited a while through the night but worth it , I am 15 miles north of Glasgow Scotland

  • @vicfak3915
    @vicfak3915 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I live in southern Canada, just north of the 49th.. We rarely see them here and they're usually faint when we do. I used to live much farther north though and, let me tell ya, it's quite the show.

  • @Rionnagan
    @Rionnagan ปีที่แล้ว

    The Northern Lights have been on my bucket list since I was in my 20s living in Australia. I moved to Scotland 3 years ago, but right before Covid hit. Still, the app pinged one bitterly cold night to say they were likely to be visible, it wasn't overcast and so we headed out to a place with minimal street lighting at the top of a hill, turned off the car lights, turned our phones to a red screen and waited. Finally, I saw the Northern Dancers with my own eyes. They were just a green blur to the naked eye, but still, I'd seen them.
    Of course, I've managed to see them a few times now, not just green light but those with purple Steves as well. The norther light season has just started, and four days ago some folks got some great shots. I'm hoping to get out there again, soonoo. I need to get a better shot than my flatmate whose pictures made the BBC last year. I was fast asleep at the time and the B didn't wake me. *grrrr*
    Oh, and we learned about the Aurora Borealis and Aurora Astralis in school in Australia. That's when I became fascinated by them.

  • @beldin2987
    @beldin2987 ปีที่แล้ว +108

    Hey .. don't insult our kids compairing them with americans 😄😄

    • @freewill8218
      @freewill8218 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa ha ha ha ha ha.

    • @iainrollo3525
      @iainrollo3525 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      See them in Scotland every Winter

    • @tubekulose
      @tubekulose ปีที่แล้ว

      😁😁😁👍

    • @SatieSatie
      @SatieSatie ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Don't be mean. It's always a delight when people are willing to learn, regardless of age.

    • @PotsdamSenior
      @PotsdamSenior ปีที่แล้ว +1

      SatieSatie: true, but still... 😂😂😂😂

  • @catbevis1644
    @catbevis1644 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Ignore the comments of people complaining you've not heard of the lights before. As Alfred the Great said, it's sad that someone is ignorant, but it's exciting when he knows it (eg, knowing there are gaps in your knowledge and being willing to put that right is a good thing!).
    Very rarely they can the lights be seen in the south of England. My grandmother saw red lights shimmering through the night's sky as a child, and her mother commented "when the sky is red there'll be bloodshed". It was 1938. For the rest of her life, my gran told me this was a portent of the coming war.
    In some ways I think the legends about the lights are just as beautiful as the lights themselves. But I've always wondered how people living in southern England even had these superstitions when the lights are so so rare here.

  • @matshjalmarsson3008
    @matshjalmarsson3008 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The Northern Lights can be seen all over Sweden, though it is rarer in the south, and the light pollution makes it harder to see.
    Anyways, I wouldn't be surprised if you can see in in say Maine or Washington, it is sure to be seen in Alaska.

  • @theaces3697
    @theaces3697 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    we can see these in the UK quite often too

  • @grimreaper-qh2zn
    @grimreaper-qh2zn ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I am a little surprised you didn't know about them as they can be seen from almost anywhere in Canada. I would have thought Americans would have taken trips to see them, certainly from the Northern States. It's possible to see the Lights (almost) anywhere in Canada during all four seasons. But the North is the best place to see them, and the place where they are the most active. The best venues are remote communities with little or no light pollution.

    • @dnocturn84
      @dnocturn84 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I'm more surprised because of Alaska, a state where you can see the northern lights pretty regularly, being part of the US. When pupils in the US learn about Alaska, auroras should be part of these lessons.

    • @jeschinstad
      @jeschinstad ปีที่แล้ว

      Most Canadians live further south than the northern-most states in USA. It doesn't really matter that it is possible to see them in the north of Canada when it's so difficult to get there, most people never will. Theoretically, you can see auroras all over the world, it's just a question of how strong the solar storm is.

    • @gabecollins5585
      @gabecollins5585 ปีที่แล้ว

      A lot of people go to Norway to see them. I think that’s the most common spot for people to go that want to see them. Same with Canada.

    • @grimreaper-qh2zn
      @grimreaper-qh2zn ปีที่แล้ว

      @@gabecollins5585 Which is why I couldn't understand why an American had never heard of the Northern lights

    • @gabecollins5585
      @gabecollins5585 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@grimreaper-qh2zn No idea.

  • @Goddybag4Lee
    @Goddybag4Lee ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've seen it around 60 times in life. I live in the geographical middle of Sweden and in good years with lots of activities on sun (each 11th year it's a circle) you can get it each month of the dark winter half of the year.

  • @chrisjones-vu7he
    @chrisjones-vu7he ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i can see them from my back garden up in the North of Norway they are very commen

  • @airs1234
    @airs1234 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We occasionally get these in the UK too. Last year we got them in Manchester.

  • @JUMALATION1
    @JUMALATION1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have seen the northern lights both in Finland and in Sweden. I saw them the clearest in Sweden, they really do look like green glowing curtains in the sky.

  • @tosa2522
    @tosa2522 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Check out the Carrington event. At that time, auroras could be seen even in Florida.

  • @colingregory7464
    @colingregory7464 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I could be wrong but the Cree reference sounds like a reference to a Native American Tribe, so a native American tribe knew and made reference to the lights, you will probably get Aurora in Alaska

  • @jenniferharrison8915
    @jenniferharrison8915 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Next you can view the beautiful Southern (Aurora) Lights as seen in southern Tasmania! All purples, oranges, greens, yellows .. 😃

    • @jeschinstad
      @jeschinstad ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes, but the point is that auroras are stronger and more frequent the closer you get to the north or south poles and you can get much further north than you can get south, with the exception of Antarctica, but that's inaccessible to most people.

    • @jenniferharrison8915
      @jenniferharrison8915 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jeschinstad Yes, Tasmania has the cleanest air in the world AND IS the end of the Southern world before Antarctica!

    • @JimBobele
      @JimBobele ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jenniferharrison8915 Don't understimate southern New Zealand and of corse Tierra del Fuego, a little bit more to the south 😁

    • @jenniferharrison8915
      @jenniferharrison8915 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@JimBobele They are not in Australia, and Tasmania officially has the freshest air in the world! 😁

    • @JimBobele
      @JimBobele ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jenniferharrison8915 Haven't been to Tasmania (but I would like to) but I can tell you the air in northern Norway is really, really fresh as well

  • @lowriebean8140
    @lowriebean8140 ปีที่แล้ว

    I live in the north of Scotland and I once saw them so vividly that I swear I could hear them ‘crackle’. Seen them many times since but never heard them again or seen such intense colour.

  • @Bpat6169
    @Bpat6169 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    If you go far enough to the north, you will be able to see the northern lights…if you are lucky.
    Thomso in Norway.
    Lapland in Finland
    The northern parts of Sweden
    Iceland
    Greenland
    And funnily enough…the US state of Alaska!!!!

  • @ronng21
    @ronng21 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i live in kiruna (northen part of sweden above the polar cirkle) and we had northen lights yesterday night and in winter time we dont have morning nor day sun the sun never goes up so we have loooong dark days and even darker nights

  • @Mary-qw4to
    @Mary-qw4to ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It's seen in Northern Scotland at the right time of year and also occasionally on the Northeast coast of Britain.

  • @galenthom
    @galenthom ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You can also see the Northern Lights in Alberta Canada.

  • @adda58
    @adda58 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Ryan!!!! Are you serious? Murica education has let you down man!!!!!!!

  • @monaakemi8451
    @monaakemi8451 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I live in north Norway and it's normal in the winter, especially when it's very cold. It's mostly green color but can also be pink, reddish and white. If you are in the tundra and it's totally quiet one can hear the northern light

    • @jeschinstad
      @jeschinstad ปีที่แล้ว

      I don't think it's related to temperature though. I think it's because of high-pressure, which also causes low temperatures in the winter. Of course, when there's low-pressure, chances are higher of clouds.

  • @fredquimby3260
    @fredquimby3260 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Help! We're being attacked - says the American!

  • @susannepalm9740
    @susannepalm9740 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Do you not learn anything at school in US? We studied astronomy in school in Sweden when I was 13 years old. That was 50 years ago..
    Why are people in US so totally uneducated in most of things? If you don't even know our solarsystem... what did you do after landing on the moon? Sat down and that was that.. ?

  • @maleboglia1775
    @maleboglia1775 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Just ask your buddies living in Alaska, wich is a US state (for those who don't know)!!!!

  • @christinedonnelly8330
    @christinedonnelly8330 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Alaska has them every winter.

  • @maxxie84
    @maxxie84 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi, I went to Iceland this winter and we were very lucky to see them a lot. It is quite dim on naked eyes but sometimes it can get very visible (although more pastel), but on camera it really shines more. It can happen at any time, but only gets visible at night due to light pollution. And for the areas, Canada, but sometimes northern mainland USA (or Alaska definitely) can see auroras, and during very intense solar activity it can fall down much lower. This year some were visible in the UK and even France just when I came back form Iceland. But a few centuries ago, there was a massive solar eruption that would have caused an equivalent to a massive EMP bomb on earth (good that at the time electricity had not been invented), and they saw them all the way down to the caraibes or some island very close to the equator.

  • @eerokutale277
    @eerokutale277 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    From Wikipedia: "The Carrington Event was the most intense geomagnetic storm in recorded history, peaking from 1 to 2 September 1859 during solar cycle 10. It created strong auroral displays that were reported globally[1] and caused sparking and even fires in multiple telegraph stations. The geomagnetic storm was most likely the result of a coronal mass ejection (CME) from the Sun colliding with Earth's magnetosphere.[2]
    The geomagnetic storm was associated with a very bright solar flare on 1 September 1859. It was observed and recorded independently by British astronomers Richard Christopher Carrington and Richard Hodgson-the first records of a solar flare.
    A geomagnetic storm of this magnitude occurring today would cause widespread electrical disruptions, blackouts, and damage due to extended outages of the electrical power grid."

  • @susijosyntyessaan
    @susijosyntyessaan ปีที่แล้ว

    As a teen I visited my grandma almost every evening and while I walked home I often saw northern lights. They usually show from autumn when it's dark enough to spring. There is many websites for people who want to know when they show exactly. Usually they are brightest after midnight, if I remember correctly

  • @petrlorenc7230
    @petrlorenc7230 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Kudos to you for admitting "for kids and americans" right away. Also: of course you have those in the states. And flights to Alaska aren't that expensive, so...what are you waiting for?

  • @loevet2
    @loevet2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    No, we don´t see them every day. We see them when it´s cold (and dark) outside. During winter I see them 1-2 times a week in the middle of winter, and I live in the north of Sweden. Sometimes they last 2 minutes and sometimes they come and go for hours.
    I saw them only 2 days ago for the first time this season.

  • @QuikkNic
    @QuikkNic ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Aurora Borealis? At this time of the year, in this part of the country, located entirely in your kitchen?

  • @stevehartley7504
    @stevehartley7504 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Particularly strong ones can be seen in the early evening and dusk rarely during the day

  • @GrunarG
    @GrunarG ปีที่แล้ว

    Well the aroura can been seen 24/7 from the I.S.S. but here in Iceland it could go up to 18 hrs. We have the shortest day in our country, (sun comes up) - (sun goes down) takes about 4-5 hrs. It is called "Winter-Solstice" and it happens on December 22......

  • @joey4691
    @joey4691 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I have seen spectacular aurora borealis in Wisconsin in the mid-1980s.... stunning white curtains of light, then green and blue cloudlike lights.
    Yes, it is that vivid. It is stunning. Second only to a total solar eclipse.
    Electrical particles from the Sun hit the Earth's magnetic field capture the particles and then draw them down to the atmosphere, and when the particles hit the atmosphere, it ionizes the air and produces light.

  • @ANota-og2yp
    @ANota-og2yp ปีที่แล้ว

    Last week the Northern Lights could be seen in the Netherlands on the northwest coast, which is located at 53 degrees North latitude at the same altitude as the Bering Sea, the Gulf of Alaska and Quebec and Ontario in Canada. We have a mild maritime climate here due to the Northern Gulf Stream.

  • @Shoomer88
    @Shoomer88 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    If you're lucky you can sometimes see the lights in the states that border Canada. But Alaska is the best place for obvious reasons.

  • @dinger40
    @dinger40 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You live too far South to see the unless you lived in Alaska, seen them a few times in Scotland.
    They only appear during Solar flares which occur in an 11 year cycle.

  • @irene3196
    @irene3196 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The Northern Lights can be seen in the UK too, but sightings are better the further north you go.

  • @qazatqazah
    @qazatqazah ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It seems that you didn't register the part where she said the Cree also described the Aurora. In other words: the aurora can also be seen in north America, more specifically: in Canada.

  • @terryomalley1974
    @terryomalley1974 ปีที่แล้ว

    The northern lights are regularly visible across a large swath of Canada across a ridge known as the Canadian Shield. From what i understand, they're also regularly visible in Scandinavia, Greenland, Siberia and Alaska.

  • @nelltheretrogamer
    @nelltheretrogamer ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Some tourists who come to visit Lapland here in Finland stay in cabins that have a "northern light alarm". If northern lights appear during the night, the alarm will wake them up so that they can go out to watch them.
    Although certain conditions in the atmosphere have to be there for the northern lights to appear, there's no way to tell for sure whether they will appear or not. Many tourists end up disappointed because they don't get to see them. Based on the videos that I've watched, most of them seem happy with their trip anyways, because they got to meet Santa and ride a reindeer sled and all the other things they were expecting.

  • @niallrussell7184
    @niallrussell7184 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    they've been visible in northern parts of UK lately.

  • @rogu3rooster
    @rogu3rooster ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've seen them twwice, once in South Wales UK, and once in Yorkshire again in the UK

  • @elisabethpedersen7893
    @elisabethpedersen7893 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The grownups always told us..whatever you do kids.... dont wave at the northern light with something white in your hands...if you do, it will come and take you...... so we did the only logical thing....we had to test it..... never came for us ♥

    • @EasterWitch
      @EasterWitch ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We had similar myths at home but with whistling.

  • @upnorth1511
    @upnorth1511 ปีที่แล้ว

    In arctic circle, sun stops setting during summer and stops rising during winter. Only appears in clear sky during winter.

  • @femkeklijn4802
    @femkeklijn4802 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Put it on your to see list. It is realy cool to see. I went to iceland in winter and it is beautiful.

  • @jaycelazytree78
    @jaycelazytree78 ปีที่แล้ว

    great intro XD
    btw if you liked the iceland magical landscape video try one of new-zealand too

  • @adrianmclean9195
    @adrianmclean9195 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Oh, my goodness - probably the most well known location for watching the Northern Lights is Alaska - in the US !!?? - you can see them from Tasmania and New Zealand and recently even parts of coastal Victoria.
    The Southern Lights, that is.

  • @barriehull7076
    @barriehull7076 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Better to learn later than not at all, humans are blessed with a brain and curiosity for a reason.

  • @Josian-ps7fb
    @Josian-ps7fb ปีที่แล้ว

    Aurora is also the norwegian singer, whose voice, when she sings live, moves and shines musically as does the northern light.😉

  • @conallmclaughlin4545
    @conallmclaughlin4545 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You can see them pretty often from here up north in Ireland as well.... I thought everyone knew about them 😂

  • @debbielough7754
    @debbielough7754 ปีที่แล้ว

    This year they've been visible for most of the UK when the weather conditions have been right. I guess the sun has been more active than normal, cos while they're often visible from the north of Scotland, midland and southern England is rarer. They were pink and green over Yorkshire a few nights ago (though I couldn't see them, cos clouds).

  • @tamibenz6626
    @tamibenz6626 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I live in Alberta,Canada and they are amazing!! They can happen in the summer too, but usually the colder it gets the more often they happen to my knowledge? The more gases /radiation the more you get the different colours (reds,purple etc) but green and yellow are the most common. Come on up to Jasper Alberta 👍 with your family it’s truly amazing!! PS Bring your brother to he’ll probably fall over when he sees them Lol!