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Derek π@MicheleV_AK This just amazes me when I see photos like this.
@mayor It's even more amazing in person! I have been so fortunate to have lived in several areas of the state where the Northern Lights are just breathtaking. Nome was the best, for me.
@MicheleV_AK I think if I was ever to see it in person, it might freak me out a little bit at first. However, I think that I would also be able to get used to it as well.
@mayor I will never forget my first time seeing them. It was like a dream/acid trip all wrapped into one except I was drug-free standing on my deck in Nome, Alaska head back, mouth wide open and I kept repeating oh wow. Up there, it felt like you could reach up and touch them. The further south you go, they seem farther away but still as stunning.
@MicheleV_AK Yes, that is what I was thinking "But sober" π€£
RMS06510@MicheleV_AK @mayor I've only seen them at a great distance, on the horizon
My big question is how quickly so they move/change? Is it slow and stately like clouds, or pretty fast, or really really slow? All the videos I've seen are time lapse.
My big question is how quickly so they move/change? Is it slow and stately like clouds, or pretty fast, or really really slow? All the videos I've seen are time lapse.
@rskurat @MicheleV_AK ooooo good question!
@MicheleV_AK @rskurat Iβm going to need to see this one of these days
Gia Scott@MicheleV_AK Those shots are gorgeous! The Northern Lights are on my bucket list, but since I'm finding myself more and more restricted on travel every year...I'm hoping! Won't cross it off as impossible just yet!
@giascott If someone had told me when I was in my 20s that I would move to Alaska, love it and never come back to South Carolina, I would have laughed, yet here I am! There's always, always hope for anything! π§‘
Caddi@MicheleV_AK @giascott I like the positivity, but finances and health issues mean I have crossed it off mine. More realistic ones aplenty.
@Caddi @MicheleV_AK I don't want to MOVE there--like you, I have too many health issues to even remotely consider moving to an area with such vast spaces anymore, but seeing the aurora borealis is on my bucket list. Finances mean it's not likely, but hey, it could still happen!
Justanoldbroad@MicheleV_AK Absolutely breathtakingly beautiful!
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Used to see them as far south as Philadelphia and Centre County.
Used to see them as far south as Philadelphia and Centre County.
Shingo Mouse π³@MicheleV_AK And if you get a vision of two children playing a fine game in the Aurora lights, you may get asked "Have you spoken with the ancestors?" by an old Eskimo who may not actually be there being that he is a ghost, and then be told this following message.
GrantIn the Orkney isles (north coast of Scotland) the Northern Lights are known as; the Merry Dancers, which is rather nice.
@gsymon That is a wonderful description!
Eddie D@MicheleV_AK is this real life?!?
@ed_donofrio Yes, it is. I've seen them hundreds of times and they never look the same.
Pixol22@MicheleV_AK When I think of the cold wilderness, it appeals to some unrevealed part of my humanity, deep down. Maybe it's just me, but I think we all yearn for the beauty of nature. Even for the possibility of challenge and survival we miss in our modern lives. Too deep? Or maybe it's just a me thing. ;)
@Pixol22 I think you are right. For me, when I am out hiking in some of the most pristine, beautiful, awe-inspiring areas, I feel like I am literally walking where Indigenous people walked thousands of years ago. It overwhelms me to the point of tears at times.
Ibie@MicheleV_AK looks like two dragons kissing... π³
@Ibie Interesting perspective!
sentient water@MicheleV_AK I wonder why people believed in sky gods? π€
Aviva Gary
Yohannon@MicheleV_AK That first shot looked surreally familiar to me... and then I got it. π
The Cookie Witch@yohannon @MicheleV_AK To me it looks like a cat in pain
So it's an... aurorschach test?
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I'll show myself out. 
Leo πͺπΌ@MicheleV_AK @tchambers just amazing. Made my day.
Laurie Ashton Farook@MicheleV_AK ooooooooh niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice! These are spectacular!
I used to watch the northern lights when I lived in northern Alberta.
I used to watch the northern lights when I lived in northern Alberta.
Ray N. Franklin πΊπΈ@MicheleV_AK Has anyone here listened to auroras? A VLF receiver shifts the low-frequencies up to human audible range. Supposed to be cosmic!
https://www.universetoday.com/102234/put-the-aurora-borealis-in-your-ear/
https://www.universetoday.com/102234/put-the-aurora-borealis-in-your-ear/
Put The Aurora Borealis In Your Ear
Do the aurorae makes sounds? Thatβs been a subject of discussion β and contention β among people who watch the sky. While most of us will never hear the aurora borealis directly, thereβs help out there in the form of a little handheld radio. Itβs called a VLF receiver and guarantees you an earful the β¦ Continue reading "Put The Aurora Borealis In Your Ear"
@rnf Thanks for the link!
Its Gregory@MicheleV_AK
I've experienced this in Canadian Yukon Were you able to hear the crackling in the sky ?
I've experienced this in Canadian Yukon Were you able to hear the crackling in the sky ?
@ItsGregory Possibly? Although, I was always so mesmerized by the lights.
@MicheleV_AK
Yeah No kidding it is Psychedelic
I was driving the Alcan Hwy from Alaska to lower 48 when Canadian Public radio announced a light show in the sky that night I found a place to camp and watched laying in my sleeping bag until I fell asleep in the wee hrs of the morning
It was hard to fall asleep even though I drove that day 8+ hrs pulling a trailer and was exhausted
Yeah No kidding it is Psychedelic
I was driving the Alcan Hwy from Alaska to lower 48 when Canadian Public radio announced a light show in the sky that night I found a place to camp and watched laying in my sleeping bag until I fell asleep in the wee hrs of the morning
It was hard to fall asleep even though I drove that day 8+ hrs pulling a trailer and was exhausted