With a mission to show that Norway has more to offer than foreigners might realize, Up Norway customizes itineraries that treat travelers to whatever their hearts desire—be it staying in a lodge on the edge of a fjord in the Arctic North, kayaking in Mannshausen, dining at Michelin-starred restaurants in Trondheim, hiking in Lofoten, witnessing the Northern Lights or all of the above. Founded by …
Inspired by the northern lights, this richly textured and colorful Revontuli Mohair Blanket, designed by Elina Helenius, is woven with luxuriously soft, mulesing-free South African mohair and New Zealand wool at a Lithuanian sewing company. The blanket’s name comes from the Finnish word for aurora borealis and, like the natural wonder from which this blanket draws its muse, it captivates through a mix of green …
Though scientists have long understood the basic mechanism behind auroras (aka the northern lights or southern lights), a new paper published by Nature Communications offers “definitive evidence” on the spectacular physical process behind the brightest auroras. These colorful, undulating displays typically occur when particles charged by the Sun enter into Earth’s magnetosphere, collide with molecules and generate energy. However, physicists from the University of Iowa; …
