FOXFIRE = revontulet, polar lights, nordlichter
in the past it was very widespread in finland to associate these magical lights with dancing women. the sami folk (lapland) believed, that the light was in posession of the passed souls.just wait until it’s dark enough and the sky is cloudless, then you see the journey of the shimmering northern lights…
do you want to see something aureate?!
willst du etwas magisches sehen?!
früher in finnland war es vielverbreitet, die lichtschleier der aurora borealis mit tanzenden frauen zu assozieren. sami (lappland) glaubten daran, dass das licht im besitz der seelen der verstorbenen war. warte nur bis es dunkel genug ist und der himmel wolkenlos, dann kannst du die schimmernde reise der nordlichter sehen…
sirpa mononen 
So beautiful! Have never experienced this in real life, must be very special…
it’s really a mind – boggling – colour – symphony…
…great description…
I can imagine that, really!
really? a near-death-experience? with a heart that stopped beating for a very long time? and a collapse and…
oooohhhh, I am very veeerry glad you SURVIVED watching your first northern lights , SIRPA!!! 🙂
…I think so too, but also never experienced this heavenly light in my life so far…
lu, when i saw them for the first time, i thought to get a heart attack by all that beauty. or even „better“: it felt like a near death-experience…
Ich warte auf die Dunkelheit und staune.
das schauspiel macht mich jedes mal stumm wie ein stein 🙂
Vau miten kaunista! 🙂
eikö vain! muistan kuinka jokunen vuosi sitten ajattelin saavani seuraavalla hetkellä sydänkohtauksen, niin vaikuttavaa oli se silloinen revontultennäytös. oletko joskus päässyt osalliseksi? sinulta varmasti riittäisi taitoja niiden kuvaamiseen…
Voin vain kuvitella miten vaikuttavaa revontulien näkeminen on. En ole itse vielä päässyt näkemään vaikka niitä täällä Etelä-Suomessakin kuulemma joskus näkyy.
that really sounds so lovely…
so far I did not even know, that both languages, Finnish and German also have Ä and Ü and Ö in common…
I have learned something!
lots of morning greetings from lu
it’s a language, that’s very rich on vowels, but that mutated „ü“ we don’t have at all. gosh, how i love my mother tongue!
Gosh, how I can understand that! 🙂
Beautiful.
yes it is – marvelous.
…zauberhafter Post!
did you look at the second video, the longer one? i find it so lovely, full full of lapland atmosphere (it was filmed just a stone’s throw away from my cottage).
Wow, why can’t I beam myself up there to your cottage to watch this together, while you tell me then something about your beloved lapland and this lost souls in the colourful night sky…
i speak through your mouth, too. how would i love to be there, now.
Is there a special time these days to watch northern lights way up there around your cottage?
under good circumstances, around 23.30 (magnetic midnight) is the best time.
Ah okay, thanks a lot 🙂
sorry, lu. that was more thunder and lightning before. i hope you didn’t plan anything for tonight (levitation to the foxfire or so ;)), for that is my spaceweather-forecasting not good enough 🙂 well, sometimes they appear and sometimes one can wait for many long weeks…
by the way there is a northern lights-alarm-app in googlestore (i don’t have it).
This seems to be the next app to get 🙂
Thanks for all the interesting information on these spectacular actions of mother nature from time to time…
Good night, dear Sirpa
yes, I looked at both videos,,,
now already twice!
The läter was filmed in a National Park,
and really, YOUR cottage is there close by???
i’m really not kidding, jerisjärvi is in the southern side of the pallas-yllästunturi (national park) and my place is not even hundred meters away from one of the „gates“ (actually there are no gates). well, sometimes i have asked myself why did i deserve this 😉
Accept, just accept it, I am pretty sure you deserve this cottage, close to one of the gates of eden…
it’s much appreciated…the lucky star over me 🙂
*smile*
We love your northern light, envy, envy you! 🙂
dear friend, i’m not there either (not before june)…so let us put together, to establish a collective go- green-club 😉
Oh, I’d like to see this, too! That’s a fantastic phenomenon!!!
Have you taken this spectacular photo?
The vids are stunning, too!
oh no, i didn’t even try! viewing these awe inspiring lights is paralysing me and i just stand there eyes wide open.
No, dear Sirpa, I was just asking out of interest 🙂
PS: what has this anyway to do with „the fire of a fox“?! 🙄
there are so many fantastic stories about polar lights…
the name foxfire is of karelian folktradition origin. thousands of years one couldn’t find an explanation to this phenomenon in the northern sky. ancient people were wondering, imagining…till starting to tell stories of the precious firefoxes, with silvery or sparkling black fur. whilst running close to each another, touching drawfbirches around the snow-covered arctic hills, luminous sparks were flying… therefore these magnificent lights.
i love fairytales and stories 🙂
that sounds lovely, dear sirpa, gorgeous,
I also love fairytales, and dreamstories…
once I wrote myself such a unique story,
if you want, you can start reading it here:
https://finbarsgift.wordpress.com/2013/11/21/der-kolibri-und-ich-ein-traum-1/
i’m reading and reading…and can’t find the part 5, please help me! sirpa
Oh, how wonderful…that you are reading all parts in a row 🙂
https://finbarsgift.wordpress.com/2014/01/28/der-kolibri-und-ich-ein-traum-5/
Amazing film! You are lucky to have a cottage up there.
yes i am. i just wished i could spend more time over there, in my magic world 🙂
Wunderbar, großartig, fantastisch!
Mir fallen gar nicht so viele Superlative ein, wie ich hier schreiben möchte….
LG von Rosie
hast recht, es ist ein zauberhaftes farbspektakel der superlative. fact ist: kaum einer kann sich ihrem bann entziehen 🙂
Impressive, wonderful shot!~ Best wishes, Aquileana 😀
lovely to see you again! by the way, this beautiful Image is not my win for laurels 😉 it was captured by the same nice fellows, who filmed this enigmatic light show.
one single word, Sirpa: magnifique!!! ❤ merci and enjoy mine, please: 🙂
https://myvirtualplayground.wordpress.com/2014/01/26/norwegian-and-icelandic-guovssahas-magic-fire-in-the-sky/
i’m already on my way, mélanie 😉
Inspirational! Would love to go one day 🙂
i’m sure you’d love them and be snap-happy!
I’m sure I would !!
Wunderschön! Einmal möchte ich das so gerne mit eigenen Augen sehen dürfen.
unbedingt!
..echt beneidenswert schön !!! 🙂 Ich würde auch mal gerne die Aurora Borealis sehen. Ich war zwar schon mal in Oulo/FI… ..habe aber leider nix gesehen. 😀
oh ja, diese polarlichter am arktischen himmel tanzen zu sehen, ist eine wirklich einmalige erfahrung. nächstes mal besorgst du dir am besten einen „polar light-whistleblower“ als handy-app 😉
..so etwas gibt es? Cool! Schaue ich mal nach… Terve! 🙂