We set the alarm clock for 2am, but it had clouded over by then. We didn't see the full on green/red etc. apparently it gets better as the season goes on, but then we couldn't hang around - it was getting colder!
Sunday, 9 September 2007
Knew I forgot something! Northern Lights
What we didn't realise when staying in Fairbanks was that we'd caught the beginning of the northern lights season - Fairbanks gets this about 240nights a year, not bad eh? We only realised whilst talking to another camper from South Africa - so a couple of night ago we vowed to stay up. We were lucky and managed to see something too! What started of as a whitish glow got greener as it got darker and moved across the sky over the course of about 30 minutes:
We set the alarm clock for 2am, but it had clouded over by then. We didn't see the full on green/red etc. apparently it gets better as the season goes on, but then we couldn't hang around - it was getting colder!
We set the alarm clock for 2am, but it had clouded over by then. We didn't see the full on green/red etc. apparently it gets better as the season goes on, but then we couldn't hang around - it was getting colder!
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You just know that there's so many special things going on in your life if you can "forget' the Northern Lights.
;o)
xx
Hi guys, just checking you're still alive :D
Foot'n'Mouth is ruining our fun here, can't go playing at Brick Kiln this weekend so my first muddy trip in Eddie will be Seven Sisters - hope I don't do a Moglite!
Have fun, I expect a good article for the Christmas newsletter!
Well, were the devil are you know then, this is like withdrawl symptons, with out more pretty pictures and write ups.
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