Northern Lights

[rvorcruise]

rvorcruise

Your photo of the lights is spectacular but were you able to see such colors with the naked eye? The one time we saw the northern lights (off the coast of Iceland in September at 2:00 a.m.) it seemed to me that they were just a blurry white cloud and the colors only showed up later in photographs of the event.

 

Cameras always see the colours better, even with no manipulation. There was colour, but not this bright.

[rvorcruise]

OMG That's to die for! Fantastic photo. Does it ever happen in late June or early July? We have a cruisetour scheduled for June 23 starting in Fairbanks and ending in Vancouver July 6, 2018.

 

No, you have no chance of seeing them between very early May April and early August.

[oliviaalaska]

No, you have no chance of seeing them between very early May April and early August.

 

 

 

Can you see the lights from the Inside passage in September?

 

 

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[BunnieBear]

They were seen in Skagway last week so there is a good chance.

 

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[BunnieBear]

Can you see the lights from the Inside passage in September?

 

 

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We go end of September and will be looking out for them. We're going to try to arrange a wake up call on board.

 

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[oliviaalaska]

They were seen in Skagway last week so there is a good chance.

 

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That's awesome. Is it approximate what time usually?. Or was it in the middle of the night?

 

 

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[BunnieBear]

They said 11pm.

 

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[oliviaalaska]

They said 11pm.

 

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Thank you!!

 

 

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[rvorcruise]

They said 11pm.

 

It can be anytime it's dark, though. Sometimes they last all night, sometimes only for a minute. Sometimes they cover most of the sky, sometimes you just get a little band and have to be looking in the right direction. Dedication and luck both count!

[oliviaalaska]

It can be anytime it's dark, though. Sometimes they last all night, sometimes only for a minute. Sometimes they cover most of the sky, sometimes you just get a little band and have to be looking in the right direction. Dedication and luck both count!

 

 

 

I can't stay up all night, but I'm gonna look for them each night before bed anyways.

 

 

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[gmazz]

I can't stay up all night, but I'm gonna look for them each night before bed anyways.

 

 

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I plan on doing the same and also when I get up to go to the little girls room during the night ;p

[Sea Hag]

The time we saw them from a ship, they told us to leave the Princess channel on when we went to bed. They announced loudly over that, and it worked fine.

[oliviaalaska]

The time we saw them from a ship, they told us to leave the Princess channel on when we went to bed. They announced loudly over that, and it worked fine.

 

 

 

Thanks

 

 

 

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[merlot1024]

Just off the Star Princess this morning. We saw them on our way from Ketchikan to Vancouver. Our awesome Captain made the announcement to all staterooms and woke us up :). It was fantastic.

 

 

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[donaldsc]

We thought a system where one person rouses the next cabin number in the chain so only one or 2 people need notifying by the bridge/guest services but the message spreads fast.

 

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And if one person does not do their calling, all the rest of the chain is broken. With the computerized phone systems out today, I am sure that the ship personnel could all the interested people with one phone call - if they really wanted to. Aye - that's the rub - if they wanted to.

 

DON