As social distancing and staying at
home become the new norm during the
COVID-19 pandemic, non-essential travel has been put on hold. If you had planned a vacation previous to this new normal, you’ll obviously need to rethink those plans. Luckily, some tourist hotspots are offering free virtual tours so we can all at least
feel like we got to go somewhere special.
Explore.com and Polar Bears International are offering a free livestream of the Northern Lights from their camera located at the Churchill Northern Studies Center in Manitoba, Canada. The camera is located directly underneath the aurora oval, which Explore.com says is one of the best places on earth to watch the aurora borealis — a.k.a. “the spectacular atmospheric phenomenon better known as the Northern Lights.”
While the Northern Lights occur year-round, Explore.com says the best times to see them are late winter and early spring — i.e., right now. Your chance for the greatest viewing is during the darkest hours of the night, which is around 10 p.m.-4 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time.
Explore.com
posted a video to Instagram showing footage from their
camera, writing, “Stream the dancing, waving, emerald lights that serenade the arctic starlit sky every night.”
The beauty that is the Northern Lights is created by collisions between electrically charged particles from the sun that enter the earth’s atmosphere. According to the
Northern Lights Centre, auroral displays appear in many colors, although pale green and pink are the most common. Shades of red, yellow, green, blue and violet have also been seen.
Will you be watching the Northern Lights livestream from home? Have you been touring any museums or other fun locations from the comfort of your couch?
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