American reacts to the Northern Lights 

The American Bubble never cease to impress me

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

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.

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 🇫🇮

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.

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

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.

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.

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 ;)

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights (BBC Documentary) might be worth a watch for you, Ryan. It's on RU-vid. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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 !

The Northern lights can also be seen in the far North of England and in Scotland when conditions are right !

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.

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.)

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

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. "

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

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. 🤩

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 !?

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

You can also see the Northern Lights in Alberta Canada.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

we can see these in the UK quite often too

We've had a couple that I've seen in the North East of England where I live during my lifetime. Truly beautiful.

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.

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

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.

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

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!!!!

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

They made a free school RU-vid channel so Americans can experience going to school without going into debt

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.

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 ♥

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

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

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

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

That idea that the earth's core is molten iron is out of favor now; it's now thought to be an electric plasma as this fits the empirical evidence better.

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.

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."

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...

Of course those are real photo's of planets , you need to go and find a friend with a powerful telescope and look through it . . it's amazing

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.

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.

It's from a Chinese (Spy) Balloon🎈 😉 😂

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

And that's it was figured out over a hundred years ago.

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

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.

I've seen them once on a plane

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!

I'm so annoyed you watched that video in such low quality. I wanted to see the beautiful auroras in glorius HD!

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

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.

If you want to see the Northern Lights in real time, here's a video of Jonna Jinton. She filmed it at her home. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-N-TV_6eIDxw.html

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.

You asked: Is it only visible at night. Yes and during the wintertime these areas locates above the arctic circle has polar nights Polar night is a phenomenon in the northernmost and southernmost regions of Earth where night lasts for more than 24 hours. So yeah, there are possibilities to see the northern light during the dark hours. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar_night See thee Jonna Jinton videos: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3zTR4ayDG38.html

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.

That whole emotional rollercoaster on whether (the image of) Jupiter is real or not cracked me up 😂

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.

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.

Due to a burst of activity on the Sun, auroras are forecast for tonight. We may see them in Northern England.