Saw these the night we left Tromsø~ Actually the truth about the Northern Lights is, many people expect to see a vivid colorful display of dancing lights in the sky (like in these pics I took 😅). I too had that sort of expectation, but something a lot of people don't tell you & most pictures trick you into believing, is the lights do not appear this vivid to the naked eye. At night the cells in our eyes that detect light do not detect colors very well. Most of the time the lights appear like a gray white cloud that can often be mistaken as just a passing cloud. Its only when the activity is really strong (which doesnt happen most of the time), then will our eyes see some colors in the lights~ sensors on cameras are more sensitive to the colors of the lights & as the pictures are exposed longer, it shows a much brighter colorful display. honestly speaking even tho my pictures seem spectacular, so far I have yet to really see lights with my own eyes that have really wow-ed me~ #northernlights #auroraborealis #norway #visitnorway #tromso #tromsø #visittromso #marysvacay #marygoesscandi #hurtigruten #mstrollfjord (at Tromsø, Norway)