by Lyonel Perabo | May 10, 2015 | BIVROST Stories
Some absolutely amazing Auroras illuminated the nights of Arctic Norway this winter, but now that spring is here and summer is coming next, where has the Aurora gone? In Tromsø, in the heart of North Norway, the last Northern Lights of the season appeared in...
by Lyonel Perabo | Apr 13, 2015 | BIVROST Stories
An Eighth-century scholar from Northern Italy tells the Northern Lights tales of his people. Most people nowadays have never heard about Paulus Diaconus (Paul the Deacon) but back in the days, he was one of the most influential men of letters in Europe. Paul the...
by Asgeir Brekke | Mar 23, 2015 | BIVROST Stories
In 1618 three comets were seen in passage, leading to a heated debate as to their origin amongst learned scholars in southern and central Europe. Galileo Galilei was one of these and here he refers to the northern lights with the Latin term Aurora Borealis or the red...
by Lyonel Perabo | Mar 3, 2015 | BIVROST Stories
Only a tiny percentage of people on Earth have ever had the chance of seeing the magnificent Northern Lights. However, with the aid of modern digital photography and the internet, many have been able to look at pictures of the phenomenon. Still the experience...
by Lyonel Perabo | Jan 27, 2015 | BIVROST Stories
In our science-dominated XXIst century just about everyone with access to the internet or a library can learn everything there is to know about the Northern Lights. Like so many once mysterious natural phenomena like the rainbow or thunder, the Northern Lights are now...
