See the Aurora Borealis

“What I didn’t expect was the raw emotion of seeing this spectacular vista live, up close and personal. My emotions were electrically charged, just like the lights. Dressed in layers of warm clothing to protect against the 35-degree weather, we stepped outside at 8 p.m. to the most sensational night sky I’d ever seen. The sky was alive with movement, dance, and intrigue. It seemed like some alien child was scribbling on the canvas of the sky. The northern lights danced as though to music only they could hear, from one side to the other, before skipping out of view or morphing into another fantastic display. Long and slender tendrils of light curled as if around some mystical cosmic shape, and then swayed like drunken sailors trying to stay vertical. They shone brightly, then faded away, and then reappeared even brighter than before. Every second, the scene changed before my very eyes. Standing there, I was speechless, hypnotized, and spellbound, with butterflies flitting deep down in my stomach. Tears fell from my eyes, and I had to pinch myself: Was I really here? Was this real, or was I only dreaming? I couldn’t bring myself to look away, not even for a moment — I didn’t want to miss a thing.”

“The result is magnificent: I had expected shimmering bands of light filling the whole sky from the pictures I had seen, but what surprised me was the dynamic nature of the aurora’s movement. Scintillations danced fast across the sky, sheets of light expanded like ink spreading on blotting paper. It was one of the most glorious astronomical phenomena I have seen to date and it brought to life the movement of the solar wind. I had known it was there, but to see it displayed in a flurry of light was truly amazing.”