Kiruna (Sweden) - Northern Lights
- First impressions (February 2016) -
Kiruna (Swedish Lapland) is about 1,5 hour drive from the Abisko National Park.
Abisko, in the middle of the auroral zone, is considered to be the best place on earth to see the Aurora Borealis. With its fresh, clear air and its practically permanent cloud-free sky the prerequisites in Abisko are optimal. More or less active northern lights can be seen almost every night.
Six Day Dog Sledding Mountain Tour, Kiruna Sweden
In Late February 2014, I went on a six day dog sledding tour along the King's Trail in the mountains of Sweden. The tour company was Jukkasjärvi VildmarksTurer (JVT.se) and our tour guide was Markus Wiklund. This was my second tour over there, first time in the mountains. Our guide told us that this was only the second time in seven years that he had clear skies and no wind on the tour, we really got lucky with the weather. Also, a day before we left, the largest solar flare of 2014 was spit out by the sun, so we were treated to a sky full of northern lights (although we only had two completely clear nights to get good views).
I shot most of the footage with two GoPros. Some time-lapse sequences, including the night ones, were shot on a Canon 6D. A few other shots were on a Canon Powershot Elph. Everything was edited with Apple's Final Cut pro, and time-lapse sequences with Adobe Lightroom and LRTimelapse.
Aurora from Kiruna, Sweden. 2015 Feb 17
This wasn't anywhere near as good as the previous night but it was still a nice active aurora. This timelapse is made up of mainly 2.5s exposures on a Canon EOS550D at ISO1600 with a 16mm, f/2.8 lens.
Buss Kalixfors - Kiruna
Buss Scania Van Hool från Kalixfors till Kiruna
Januari 2015
Aurora from Kiruna, Sweden. 2015 Feb 16
A very active display of the Northern Lights seen from Kiruna in northern Sweden. I was guiding the Explorers Astronomy Tours (astronomytours.co.uk/) trip and we were very lucky to see an aurora of this beauty. Chad Blakley, who lives up here, says that this was one of the best displays for years. His timelapses (lightsoverlapland.com/) are far better than mine but I was very happy with this. The frames are taken with an EOS 550D and a Russian 16mm, f/2.8 lens. Most of the exposures are around 3s at ISO 1600 but I should have gone shorter, particularly for the corona.
Northern Lights - Kiruna
The elusive northern lights. Everyday life for some, a distant dream for others.
Since the first time I witnessed the northern lights I've been somewhat obsessed about capturing it on camera. After my move to the south of Sweden it's been harder to do that. To be able to see the green dance so far south it needs to be a really strong display of northern lights. The lack of northern lights in the south made me to book a trip to Kiruna in hope of some action in the sky.
I spent a week in Kiruna but neither the weather nor the aurora activity were on my side. The forecast for Monday 8 February said it would be overcast all night long, but despite that I went out in hope of capturing some stars. The clouds showed up a lot later than the forecast had said and after just a short time out in the dark I saw how the green light started to dance on the sky above. The joy knew no boundaries and I just stood there, with my arms up in the air, enjoying the show. No matter how many times I will see the northern lights - it will always be a special and magical moment!
Shot in Kiruna 8 February 2016.
Music
LIGHTS & MOTION - Victory Rose (Outro Edit)
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Equipment
Nikon D600
Sony A7s
Zeiss Batis 25mm f/2
Samyang 14mm f/2.8
Samyang 24mm f/1.4
Sigma ART 50mm f/1.4
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Buss Kiruna - Abisko östra
Buss resa mellan Kiruna och Abisko östra april 2012
Busride between Kiruna and Abisko östra april 2012
Scandinavian Adventure! Sweden, Ice Hotel Kiruna, Denmark, Norway
I am so excited to share our first travel video with you!
Here are the highlights from our trip to Stockholm, Sweden, Swedish Lapland, Ice Hotel in Kiruna, Oslo, Norway and Copenhagen, Denmark.
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[P3Dv4] Kiruna Winter Approach (+ Instruments)
Landing at Kiruna Airport (ESNQ) *ADDONS IN THE DESCRIPTION!*
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IMPORTANT:
- This is a REPLAY.
- Some lights, animations and instruments don't work in replay mode. Many of the instruments were added to the VC in After Effects (they were recorded during the original flight)
-The high fps-rate is the result of a special recording method (replaying in slow motion, then speeding up the footage to the original time).
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PC Specs:
Intel i7-4790K 4.5Ghz
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti AORUS Xtreme Edition 11G
32GB DDR3
Windows 10
SIMULATOR:
Prepar3D V4 (used for videos and scenery development)
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ADDONS:
Scenery: all Orbx FTX products, Orbx ESNQ Kiruna Airport
Aircraft: Flight Sim Labs A319
Sound: Flight Sim Labs
Graphics: REX TD, TomatoShade (R&D preset)
Weather: Active Sky 2016, REX SkyForce3D
Views: ChasePlane
Ground Crew: FSDreamteam GSX Level2
Tools:Nvidia ShadowPlay, ChasePlane (for the replay)
Editing Software: Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects
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Music: Cinematic Winter by coresound (Pond5.com)
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Prepar3Dv4 © Lockheed Martin. This video was created using assets from Prepar3Dv4 and it is not endorsed by or affiliated with Lockheed Martin.
Real time pulsating northern lights above Kiruna, Sweden
This video shows a rare display of rapidly pulsating aurora which appeared after an incredibly intense sub storm. We filmed this clip back in February 2017 in Kiruna, Sweden.
These pulsating aurorae aren't as bright as the ribbons you'd normally see but it is nonetheless a fascinating sight that you do not see so often.
This video was filmed in real time and in full HD with a Sony A7s. The video footage is unedited and resembles what you would see with the naked eye. The ambient audio has been replaced with music, as it was very windy that night.
As always visit our website or download the app to get the latest space weather information you'll need to go aurora hunting yourself. Keep following us on the site, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube for plenty more content! Visit us at spaceweatherlive.com
Music: Gustavsson & Sandberg - Battle Cry 3, Johan Hynynen - From The Shadows 3 and Niklas Johansson - Emerald Dream.
FINLAND: CHASING THE MIDNIGHT SUN
We experience the sun 24/7 and find Santa's village up in Rovaniemi. Our final days in Finland.
A couple of middle-aged Kiwis travelling the world by plane, train and motorhome. The kids left home and so did we!
Reindeer BBQ & Aurora, Abisko // Sweden- Ep. 2
Follow Anjali To Sweden.
Day 2, episode 2 begins the adventurous journey up to the Swedish Lapland- the arctic circle.
Abisko is known to be one of the best place to see the aurora in the world, if not Europe.
An absolute unforgettable day enjoying the arctic view, reindeer BBQ and the magical aurora borealis.
Guesthouse info:
Abisko Guest House -
Very friendly and approachable staffs and owner. Rooms are nice, clean and warm. Offers a selection of activities- highly recommend.
For actives with the guesthouse check up:
Lapland Trip -
Swedish Lapland - Summer 2015
From Nikkaloukta to Abisko in 7 days. Great adventure, beautiful nature – amazing time with my wife.
Music: David Mumford - The Wilderness/Ghosts
Kiruna Sleddog Tours
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Kiruna - Sweden - DJI Mavic Air
Trip to Lapland
Trip to Kiruna, Lapland with some friends during my Erasmus year in Sweden
Ouroboros winter activities Swedish Lapland
Ouroboros Outdoor and Yoga - winter activities!
If you're planning on going to Swedish Lapland, and Luleå, please contact us and we´ll help you to make the best of your trip. We offer guided tours, winter and summer, fatbike- and SUP rental. The video is showing our winter activities. On our website you can read more about our summer activities, rentals and tours.
We are not only a guide company we also run a bike shop and a yoga studio. Read more about us, and what we can offer on our webpage: ouroboroslulea.com
Activity movie made by: merafilm.nu
Kiruna Landing - A Snowy Approach to ESNQ
Another short 16 minute flying video from me, this time attempting a low visibility landing into the small airport of Kiruna in northern Sweden. This flight was flown online with VATSIM, using the PMDG 737NGX in Norwegian livery, operating NorShuttle 4063, a one hour thirty five minute flight service from Stockholm. Scenery is the ever popular Kiruna Airport package from Orbx Simulations, this in FSX-SE. The weather is live and is provided by Active Sky 2016 with Cloud Art and REX Enhanced. Music in the video is Royalty free and used with kind permission and courtesy of fesliyanstudios.com. The landing was in snowy conditions and low light and even though the winds were light, it was a struggle to maintain a stable approach. In the end, I landed slightly to the right of the centreline. I must do better! The latter part of the video shows you something of the wonderful scenery and moving people and features to be found in the work of Orbx Simulations. Special thanks go to Neil Warman. Thank you for watching!
Northern Lights Sweden
Aurora Borealis in Northern Sweden.
January 24th, 2012
DC-8 Takeoff in Kiruna, Sweden
NASA is using a DC-8 aircraft as a flying science laboratory. The platform aircraft, based at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif., collects data for many experiments in support of scientific projects serving the world scientific community.