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08.11.26 - 21.00 ✨ 11月8日晚上8点20分左右,我在摩尔曼斯克市中心散步时,注意到城市上空出现了北极光——柔和的绿色光芒,带着淡淡的蓝绿色调,边缘泛着粉红色。我住在摩尔曼斯克,也是一名极光爱好者;我见过极光很多次,但每次都还是会感到惊喜。我没有被冻僵,而是欣赏着这美景,然后用手机拍了几张照片:我的手指在寒风中冻得瑟瑟发抖,用手机长时间拍照毫无意义。照片效果还不错——极光就在市中心清晰可见,尽管路灯、商店橱窗和车灯遮挡了一部分光线。人们通常认为,要想看到极光,就必须远行、忍受严寒、耐心等待,但在这里,我只需要走出家门;我可以悠闲地拍照,没有人打扰我,也无需匆忙赶路。
在市中心,路灯让极光看起来比实际更淡,而我的手机屏幕则让它显得比肉眼所见更亮更绿——这是一种错觉。但即便考虑到路灯和屏幕的影响,这景象依然美得令人窒息。我周围的人也纷纷拿出手机,有些人只是抬头仰望,有些人则打电话邀请亲朋好友到户外观看。
要想真正体验极光,我建议跟随经验丰富的向导前往郊外。并非你不能独自前往,而是向导知道何时何地最佳观赏地点,会参考天气预报,并且熟知视野开阔、没有光污染、建筑物、电线杆和电线的地点。远离城市,极光不再“笼罩在屋顶之上”,而是以最完整的姿态展现:黑暗如此深邃,以至于繁星都清晰可见,闪烁的光带在头顶缓缓移动,有时几乎到达天顶。它鲜活灵动,每时每刻都在变化;你无法将它的全部美景尽收眼底。你的手机拍不到那种景象——所以最好少拍照,多观察。向导也负责你的安全和安心:在冬季,城外的路况、天气和通讯至关重要。他们知道哪里该停车,哪里安全,哪里该掉头。他们会在合适的时间带你到合适的地点,让你不必在阴沉的天空下冻三个小时。有时候,即使有向导,天空也不会放晴——这就像抽奖,但概率会降低。 #auroravillage #aurora #NorthernLights #russia #china On November 8, around 8:20 p.m., while out for a walk in the center of Murmansk, I spotted the northern lights above the city—a soft green glow with a turquoise tint and a pink fringe. As a local and an "aurora hunter," I’ve seen the lights many times, yet they still manage to take me by surprise. I wasn’t cold, so I took a moment to admire the display before snapping a few photos with my phone—though my fingers were starting to freeze, and there’s little point in spending too much time trying to capture it on a mobile device. The shots turned out quite well; the glow is clearly visible even in the heart of the city, despite the interference from streetlights, shop windows, and car headlights. While people often assume that seeing the aurora requires traveling somewhere remote, enduring the cold, and waiting for hours, in this case, all I had to do was step out of my apartment building. I could take photos at my own pace, with no one to disturb me and nowhere to rush off to.
In the city center, the ambient light makes the aurora appear paler than it actually is, while a phone camera tends to render it brighter and greener than what the naked eye perceives—a bit of a distortion, to be sure. Even accounting for the streetlights and the screen, however, it remains a beautiful sight. Others around me were also pulling out their phones; some simply gazed upward, while others made calls, urging their loved ones to come outside.
For a true experience of the northern lights, I recommend heading out of the city with an experienced guide. It’s not that you couldn’t go on your own, but a guide knows exactly where and when to go, monitors the forecasts, and can find spots with an open horizon—free from light pollution, buildings, utility poles, or power lines. Far from the city, the aurora doesn’t just "hang above the rooftops"; it unfolds in its full, magnificent intensity. In the deep darkness, the stars emerge, and shimmering bands of light dance overhead, sometimes stretching all the way to the zenith. It is alive and transforming with every passing second; you cannot capture or hold onto the whole of it—a phone simply won’t do it justice. It is better, therefore, to take only a few snapshots and spend most of your time simply watching. A guide also ensures your safety and peace of mind: in the countryside during winter, factors like road conditions, the weather, and mobile connectivity are crucial. A guide knows where it’s safe to stop or turn around, and will get you to the right place at the right time—sparing you from standing around in the cold for hours under a blanket of clouds. Even with a guide, the sky might not clear—it’s a bit of a lottery—but your odds are significantly better.
