<head id="NEST_Norno.h1">Nordlys fra oldtid til opplysningstid</head> <head id="NEST_Nor_005en.h1">Northern Lights from Antiquity to the Age of Enlightenment</head>

<s id="NEST_Norno.s1">De eldste nordlysbeskrivelser</s> <s id="NEST_Nor_005en.s1">The oldest description of northern lights</s>

<s id="NEST_Norno.s2">De eldste norske skriftlige kilder g�r tilbake til ca. �r 1000.</s> <s id="NEST_Nor_005en.s2">The oldest Norwegian written sources date back to approximately year 1000 AD.</s>

<s id="NEST_Norno.s3">For � komme enda lenger tilbake i historien kan vi g� til middelhavslandene og Kina.</s> <s id="NEST_Nor_005en.s3">To go even further back in history we can look to the Mediterranean Basin and China.</s>

<s id="NEST_Norno.s4">Fordi nordlyset hovedsakelig opptrer over polomr�dene, har oldtidens filosofer ved middelhavslandene og i Kina i beste fall sett noen f� nordlysutbrudd.</s> <s id="NEST_Nor_005en.s4">Because the northern lights (Aurora Borealis) mainly occur in the polar regions, the philosophers who lived in the Mediterranean countries and in China during the antiquity only experienced northern lights a few times.</s>

<s id="NEST_Norno.s5">Det er ikke mulig � tidfeste n�yaktig n�r det f�rste nordlyset ble sett.</s> <s id="NEST_Nor_005en.s5">It is not possibly to date exactly when northern lights were observed for the first time.</s>

<s id="NEST_Norno.s6">Noen mener, kanskje med god grunn, at en del av de eldgamle graveringer som er funnet i flere grotter langs Middelhavet, illustrerer nordlys.</s> <s id="NEST_Nor_005en.s6">Some think, and maybe with good reason, that some of the ancient carvings that have been found in several grottos by the Mediterranean Sea illustrates northern lights.</s>

<s id="NEST_Norno.s7">Tidlige beskrivelser av nordlys finnes sannsynligvis i Det gamle testamentet.</s> <s id="NEST_Nor_005en.s7">Earlier descriptions of northern lights are probably to be found in the Old Testament.</s>

<s id="NEST_Norno.s8">Vi tar med et kort utdrag fra f�rste kapittel hos Esekiel (ca. 593 f.Kr.):</s> <s id="NEST_Nor_005en.s8">We include a short excerpt from the first chapter of Ezekiel (approximately 593 BC):</s>

<s id="NEST_Norno.s9">I et syn fikk jeg se et stormv�r som kom fra nord, en stor sky med flammende ild.</s> <s id="NEST_Norno.s10">Det str�lte og skinte omkring den, og midt inne i ilden blinket noe som skinnende metall.</s> <s id="NEST_Nor_005en.s9">As I looked, a stormy wind came out of the north: a great cloud with brightness around it and fire flashing forth continually, and in the middle of the fire, something like gleaming amber.</s>

<s id="NEST_Norno.s11">Midt i den viste det seg likesom fire levende skikkelser ...</s> <s id="NEST_Nor_005en.s10"> In the middle of it was something like four living creatures

<head id="NEST_Norno.h1">Nordlys fra oldtid til opplysningstid</head>	<head id="NEST_Nor_005en.h1">Northern Lights from Antiquity to the Age of Enlightenment</head>
<s id="NEST_Norno.s1">De eldste nordlysbeskrivelser</s>	<s id="NEST_Nor_005en.s1">The oldest description of northern lights</s>
<s id="NEST_Norno.s2">De eldste norske skriftlige kilder g�r tilbake til ca. �r 1000.</s>	<s id="NEST_Nor_005en.s2">The oldest Norwegian written sources date back to approximately year 1000 AD.</s>
<s id="NEST_Norno.s3">For � komme enda lenger tilbake i historien kan vi g� til middelhavslandene og Kina.</s>	<s id="NEST_Nor_005en.s3">To go even further back in history we can look to the Mediterranean Basin and China.</s>
<s id="NEST_Norno.s4">Fordi nordlyset hovedsakelig opptrer over polomr�dene, har oldtidens filosofer ved middelhavslandene og i Kina i beste fall sett noen f� nordlysutbrudd.</s>	<s id="NEST_Nor_005en.s4">Because the northern lights (Aurora Borealis) mainly occur in the polar regions, the philosophers who lived in the Mediterranean countries and in China during the antiquity only experienced northern lights a few times.</s>
<s id="NEST_Norno.s5">Det er ikke mulig � tidfeste n�yaktig n�r det f�rste nordlyset ble sett.</s>	<s id="NEST_Nor_005en.s5">It is not possibly to date exactly when northern lights were observed for the first time.</s>
<s id="NEST_Norno.s6">Noen mener, kanskje med god grunn, at en del av de eldgamle graveringer som er funnet i flere grotter langs Middelhavet, illustrerer nordlys.</s>	<s id="NEST_Nor_005en.s6">Some think, and maybe with good reason, that some of the ancient carvings that have been found in several grottos by the Mediterranean Sea illustrates northern lights.</s>
<s id="NEST_Norno.s7">Tidlige beskrivelser av nordlys finnes sannsynligvis i Det gamle testamentet.</s>	<s id="NEST_Nor_005en.s7">Earlier descriptions of northern lights are probably to be found in the Old Testament.</s>
<s id="NEST_Norno.s8">Vi tar med et kort utdrag fra f�rste kapittel hos Esekiel (ca. 593 f.Kr.):</s>	<s id="NEST_Nor_005en.s8">We include a short excerpt from the first chapter of Ezekiel (approximately 593 BC):</s>
<s id="NEST_Norno.s9">I et syn fikk jeg se et stormv�r som kom fra nord, en stor sky med flammende ild.</s> <s id="NEST_Norno.s10">Det str�lte og skinte omkring den, og midt inne i ilden blinket noe som skinnende metall.</s>	<s id="NEST_Nor_005en.s9">As I looked, a stormy wind came out of the north: a great cloud with brightness around it and fire flashing forth continually, and in the middle of the fire, something like gleaming amber.</s>
<s id="NEST_Norno.s11">Midt i den viste det seg likesom fire levende skikkelser ...</s>	<s id="NEST_Nor_005en.s10"> In the middle of it was something like four living creatures