Wordless Wednesday - Northern Lights

 As you can see, these are not photos taken by me but taken by the ship photographer. We were there though to see them. The last photo is one that I took.

This last photo was taken by me from our cabin balcony. Although I was using my better camera it didn't pick up the colours as well and I needed a tripod to keep the camera still.

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Arctic Circle Cruise October 2019 - Stavanger Part 2

This is the final part of our Arctic Circle cruise and is views around the Stavanger area.
Once again, the photos will look better if clicked on. I don't know why they load blurry on this blog as it doesn't happen on my other one.

Pulpit Rock.

Ski jumps.

Going back down the fjord heading for the open sea and home.

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Arctic Circle Cruise October 2019 - Alta part 3, The Northern Lights.

Before I start I must tell you that I did not take these photos. They were all taken by friends we made on the cruise, and who had bought special equipment and lens in the hope of getting photos of the event. They very kindly shared them with me.
As I mentioned in my last post, we took a private tour the first night in Alta but didn't see the Northern Lights. Those who couldn't get on that tour took a shorter one the following night but had to be back onboard by 10.30pm as we were sailing at 11pm.
As it turned out, they were the ones who got lucky.
We did see the Lights ourselves from our balcony on the ship but my photos are very inferior to these and not worth posting.
I lay on the lounger on our balcony in the -12C temperature wrapped up in blankets and fleeces, looking up to the sky and snapping away hoping to get one decent shot, but they all turned out very grainy. At least we did see them though.
So here are the good photos not taken by me!

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Wordless Wednesday

Northern Lights in Alta Norway in the Arctic Circle, 26th September 2019.
These are not my photos as my camera was unable to capture the beauty of the Lights, but this is what we saw on that magical night.
The first was emailed to me by a friend we made on board who used to be a professional photographer.

The following three were taken by the ship's professional photographers.

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