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78th parallel north Aurora

Despite the fact that Svalbard islands aren't considered to be one of the best places for viewing the northern lights because they hang as a big doughnut shaped curtain around the magnetic north pole, approximately along the 69th parallel. (This curtain normally runs south of Svalbard and north of Iceland. Northern Scandinavia is straight in it's path )However we got super lucky viewing some activity

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Uploaded on December 13, 2022
Taken on February 21, 2017