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I'd quite like to know how far you get them in America, if you do at all?
Here we get them in the North of Scotland, Norway & Iceland. I'm not sure if any other countries in Scandanavia see them.
We've had a few clear nights recently and I keep getting images in my head of watching them. I've not seen them this life although I would like to.
I don't know whether it will give me clues to my American life or whether it's more likely a Scotland/Norway possibility.
 
They are seen in Alaska, Canada and occasionly in the very north of the lower 49 states (those on the Canadian border)
 
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They are seen in Alaska, Canada and occasionly in the very north of the lower 49 states (those on the Canadian border)
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The rest of us have to watch them on YouTube or the internet. I think it would be neat to be able to step outside and watch them. The "show" depends on solar flares. It's tied to the 22 year sunspot cycle. Our droughts are also tied to the 22 year sunspot cycle.
 
on very rare occasions, the northern lights can be seen from the netherlands (though unfortunately, i have not had that experience, personally).


i believe they are visible from sweden & finland, as well.


based on logic, i'd add denmark and northern germany (for the rare occasion category)
 
A Dark Park...


Born and raised in Michigan, I saw them as a child alot! But that was 50 years ago...I think because our cities have become so bright at night, they may not be seen as much anymore. In Germany there is a "new" idea going around...a Dark Park...where there is no light, so children can see the stars...strange idea, isn't it??? Something that was once so natural has to be brought back as a special attraction!


Living now in The Netherlands on the coast, no chance!! The lights from the cities and tomato houses are toooooo bright! The sky here is a yellowish red at night...I think this can not be healthy! :(
 
There is a movement to reduce outdoor "light pollution". Many new outdoor light fixtures meet the new "Dark Sky" standards. The idea is to point the light down where it is needed. In areas near observatories such as parts of Southern California for years cities have used "low pressure" sodium lights instead of the more common "high pressure" sodium lights. The low pressure lights give off a dark orange glow which seems icky if you are not used to it. How many people here remember before we had mercury and sodium vapor outdoor lights? Street lights were 300 watt incandescent bulbs. Neighborhood intersections had one dim light hung over the center of the intersection. They were replaced by mercury lights in the late 1960's. Then by the more efficient sodium lights in the 1990's. And now I'm beginning to see LED street lights in new installations. Traffic signals were converted to LED about 10 or 12 years ago.
 
My husband commented last night that he saw the Lights as a child, while visiting Northern Wisconsin.
 
@Aelfgyva


i live in the darker, northern part of the netherlands, but even here one has to make an effort to find a truly dark place.
 
We see them mostly when we're driving home from the in-laws in the winter, there are miles of dark, scary nothingness between there and here but it's perfect for viewing the northern lights. I was born in central Canada, I remember my mother taking me outside on winter nights to watch them. That's such a sweet memory. When I worked in the Arctic I'd go out to watch them but it was so cold that it was difficult to enjoy being outside. Anyway, I wish you a chance to see them one day!
 
Thankyou Sister. I'm sure I will get there.


This is very interesting. Yes Briar it has got me thinking about PL.


The places mentioned in the US sound so familiar, Wisconsin & Michigan, yet I've never been.


I got my old school atlas out (yes it is really old!) and found the places I'd marked for a trip I'd been planning years ago. It covered the northern lakes, Pennsylvania,Montana & Nebraska.


I think Montana & Nebraska, would more likely relate to the male life & I'm pretty sure I was a horseman (Cabellero).


I know I had the dream of being in Virginia, also of the bridges in Tennessee. I really can't be sure I would have travelled to all these places in the one lifetime.


What I know is I had one life in the 1700's with my husband and his family. I am suspecting the possibility of later life.


I also have an image of four people I work with. Three of them women in very nice, hooped dresses with parasols, the other a male in a smart suit with a pocket watch. Their clothes are much later than the other images I have. I'm not sure that I knew them or whether I'm just seeing the image.
 
It has brought to mind whether it's possible I've had a short life in Scotland between my ww2 & this life.


I'm trying to be very open minded with this.


I had a dream early on in my pl findings about being in Scotland but once I got the ww2 dreams had wondered if the Scottish dream was more related to that life or an experience from someone connected to me.


My Scottish dream was in a pine forest, I think it could have been Aberdeenshire or the Cairngorns. I now I can see myself watching the lights and being near this forest.


Afew years ago we drove through the Cairngorns in the snow. My husband said he lost count on the number of times I commented it was so beautiful & just like Norway. I've never been to Norway!!


I've worked out the man I left in England in my ww2 life was Scottish, with a Norweigen mother and have memories of being in Scotland with him.


One possibility could be someone elses experience I've picked up with the connection to that area.


Another is did I chose to come back for a short time in a life that was near him? He had tried to talk me out of leaving, repeatedly telling me I might not come back where I promised him I would.


The last option is if I was there in spirit.
 
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