<head id="NEST_Norno.h1">Nordlys fra oldtid til opplysningstid</head> <head id="NEST_Nor_014en.h1">Northern lights from the Time of Antiquity to the Time of Enlightenment</head>

<s id="NEST_Norno.s1">De eldste nordlysbeskrivelser</s> <s id="NEST_Nor_014en.s1">The oldest descriptions 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_014en.s2">The oldest Norwegian written sources date back to app. year 1000.</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_014en.s3">To go further back in the history of northern lights we need go to the Mediterranean countries or 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_014en.s4">Because the Northern lights mainly appear over the Polar areas, the philosophers from the Mediterranean countries or China would have seen only a few outbreaks of northern light, at best.</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_014en.s5">It is not possible to accurately date when Northern lights were first seen.</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_014en.s6">Some say, and possibly with good reason, that a big part of engravings found in caves along the Mediterranean coast, depict Northern lights.</s>

<s id="NEST_Norno.s7">Tidlige beskrivelser av nordlys finnes sannsynligvis i Det gamle testamentet.</s> <s id="NEST_Nor_014en.s7">Previous descriptions of Northern lights are likely 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_014en.s8">We will include a short excerpt from Ezekiel 1(app. 593 B.C).</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_014en.s9">As I looked, behold, a storm wind was coming from the north, a great cloud with fire flashing forth continually and a bright light around it, and in its midst something like glowing metal in the midst of the fire.</s>

<s id="NEST_Norno.s11">Midt i den viste det seg likesom fire levende skikkelser ...</s> <s id="NEST_Nor_014en.s10"> 5 Within it there were figures resembling four living beings

<head id="NEST_Norno.h1">Nordlys fra oldtid til opplysningstid</head>	<head id="NEST_Nor_014en.h1">Northern lights from the Time of Antiquity to the Time of Enlightenment</head>
<s id="NEST_Norno.s1">De eldste nordlysbeskrivelser</s>	<s id="NEST_Nor_014en.s1">The oldest descriptions 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_014en.s2">The oldest Norwegian written sources date back to app. year 1000.</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_014en.s3">To go further back in the history of northern lights we need go to the Mediterranean countries or 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_014en.s4">Because the Northern lights mainly appear over the Polar areas, the philosophers from the Mediterranean countries or China would have seen only a few outbreaks of northern light, at best.</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_014en.s5">It is not possible to accurately date when Northern lights were first seen.</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_014en.s6">Some say, and possibly with good reason, that a big part of engravings found in caves along the Mediterranean coast, depict Northern lights.</s>
<s id="NEST_Norno.s7">Tidlige beskrivelser av nordlys finnes sannsynligvis i Det gamle testamentet.</s>	<s id="NEST_Nor_014en.s7">Previous descriptions of Northern lights are likely 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_014en.s8">We will include a short excerpt from Ezekiel 1(app. 593 B.C).</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_014en.s9">As I looked, behold, a storm wind was coming from the north, a great cloud with fire flashing forth continually and a bright light around it, and in its midst something like glowing metal in the midst of the fire.</s>
<s id="NEST_Norno.s11">Midt i den viste det seg likesom fire levende skikkelser ...</s>	<s id="NEST_Nor_014en.s10"> 5 Within it there were figures resembling four living beings