dr.kol
11333
I guess it was 1/60 sec and f. 1.7
There's no special solar activity just now. Just bright nights and mostly the Aurora is there.
Some two months ago there was very strong solar activity. I called to my friend living here and asked how's the night sky. He answered: "Do you think I have nothing better to do than bend my neck in order to stare the sky!"
That's how common Aurora Borealis is in the Arctic. I have spent here during the last 30 years just 1-2 months annually and I'm still getting impressed. When the nature stops amazing me, it's time to spend less time here.
Best, Kari
Naturally I could also take wrist shots
in the night i.e. in front of my wood storage. But it's getting then much below the daytime temperature. This was taken when it was below minus 30 in the middle of the night. Best, Kari...
A normal bright winter night 250 km north of the Polar Circle.
But this is a lovely country. More reindeer than people. Best, Kari
I am so going over there in the near future
Really want to see a sky like this with my own eyes!
That's nothing special...
A night train takes from Helsinki to the Polar Circle. The cabins have own bathroom and the restaurant car offers good food and big verity of drinks. There are special car carrying wagons. In the morning when arriving the Polar Circle, just drive the car ...
The great thing in the life is
that we who live in cold countries can easily visit the warmer part of the world and vice versa. Best, Kari
Simply spectacular!
Now that is a really first rate picture And come on, if your wife does wrist shots in such a temperature, surely you can, too?
She's having fur coats, I don't.
Furthermore, I packet in a hurry and took just summer jeans forgetting the warm underwear home. Wearing tennis shoes and thin jeans feels very "refreshing". Best, Kari
Absolutely breath-taking!!!
Thank you Kari, I wish you and your loved ones to enjoy these highly emotional phenomenon in full happiness. Ciao, Elio
That's how my backyard looked today at noon...
The snow cover is at highest in the beginning of March but we are not really having shortage of snow even now. Best, kari ...
Inspiring!!
I wanted to do the aurora's this year, heard that the solar activity has been greater than usual...but just understood what means to have 2 new babies at home... maybe next year; I was going to desist but the way you describe it seems doable even for me! ...
I guess it was 1/60 sec and f. 1.7
There's no special solar activity just now. Just bright nights and mostly the Aurora is there. Some two months ago there was very strong solar activity. I called to my friend living here and asked how's the night sky. He answered: "Do you think I have not...
Wonderful...
Together with your second picture you posted below, this one shows how beautiful and exotic are some places on earth. Thanks for sharing. Cheers, Mark
Isn't it amazing
that watches like Patek find their way to places like this? Best, Kari
You are not so far away so it's an easy piece of cake.
Just a flight to Helsinki and from Helsinki 1 h 30 mins with Finnair's A321 to Ivalo. Very often Aurora is visible already from the windows of the plane. Best, Kari
Wow! It's hard to believe
When here, the hummingbirds are fighting in the bougainvillea flowers! Thanks for the photos. We\'ll have to come visit again in wintertime. Mike & Laurie in San Diego ...
Yes, the diversity of the world is a wonderful thing.
And it's amazing that we all can become happy in so different environments. Anyhow, always welcome. Best, Kari
One of the nature's magic
If it weren't for the cold, i would have been there years ago. i don't like to freeze my b@@@@ at all :-D
Come in the summer time.
Midnight sun is also something special and it is easily plus 30 degrees here. And enough mosquitos... Best, Kari
Also out of interest
How far are you from Levi? I may be going to Levi in February and I was wondering if I will see the Northern lights at this time of the year?
Levi is about 200 km
southwest from here. I would guess that Levi is 80-100 km north from the Polar Circle meaning that Northern Lights are very common there. There's some great night life in Levi so be careful... Best, Kari
OMG, this photo is so amazing that it looks like a...
Photoshopped picture. The colors are just unbelievable ! Enjoy and keep warm. Cheers Gordon
If the colours would be Photoshopped
there would be red, yellow, blue on top of green. The Aurora pictured is something very simple and common - far away of being spectacular. I do not go out very often to watch the sky. I rather watch tv... Best, Kari
Simply stunning.
Were these taken with you Q? The colors of the first one are beyond words.
I took pictures both with Q and the latest version of D-Lux
plus some with my M (type 240). If I remember correctly, Winston Churchill said something like "my taste is simple, I am happy with the best". When cameras are concerned, I'm happy with Leica. When watches are concerned, I am happy with Patek, when cars a...
Just an average night
and the photos can't tell anything about the real beauty. Best Kari
Remember what I said about simple taste...
and the new year starts well. My 911 Targa GTS arrived and I'll go and pick it up next Monday. We have some snow and ice on the roads but luckily Targas are all AWD. Best Kari
Congratulation Kari,for the car
I think this is a very wise choice specially after the new turbo models. Bravo Kari for the simple taste. Best, Ahmed
Thanks Ahmed. And I am impressed
that you call Targa GTS "simple taste". I will send some photos next week. I have never seen such a model. Best Kari
I just meant that you are not after...
Flashy cars like ferraris,lamborghinis or even Aston you are after simpler more reliable pieces of engineering.. Best, Ahmed
Lambo, Ferrari and partly Aston
are jokes in our climate. First of all, the first two do not start when it's cold enough, the heating is not strong enough and the ice must be cleaned from inside the windscreen. Porsche is functioning perfectly here and the four wheel drive (I know, also...
Yes correct I have a 2009 targa 4s..
I would love to experience that...As we don't have winter over here Best, Ahmed
But you have sand storms...
Once I decided to drive the desert road from Alexandria to Cairo and there was a sand storm. It was as impressive as a snow storm... Best, Kari
What a shame ....
Your bad luck Kari,It happens like one day a year and specifically on that day you decided to take the Alex-Cairo road which we call the dessert road..... By the way there is a huge difference between both storms...Sand storm give me hard time breathing.....
Luckily I drove my agent's MB...
Normally I took the Delta Road but for some reason I wanted to drive fast. No, the storms are not the same. It's really slippery when it's snowing and snow does not sand blast the paint of the car. Best, Kari
But simple taste concerned only camera, watches and cars
For others, the 3 F rule is better
The very same to you!
I have a funny feeling that in some ways we will walk a very similar path also in 2016. Best, Kari
Thanks again Robin.
I'm sure Aurora Borealis and especially the outside temperature would impress you a lot. Best, Kari
Cool shot, Kari,
and looks very cold. Brrrr! LOL The Aurora Borealis is a beautiful natural wonder to see. Patti and I look forward to seeing it. I hope these old bones of mine can take it. Aloha, Bob
In Lapland they
they fill up the body surrounding the bones with vodka. And it's not cold anymore. However, I have not heard if this medicine works to old Aloha-bones. Best, Kari