Northern Lights-seen them live?

[rebeccaC]

salsabike...I did a school exchange trip to Ivujivik, the northern most village in Nunavik, when i was in Quebec. A good location to see the northern lights. I did other trips to northern Quebec to see the huge pods of Beluga whales going through the Hudson strait and the calving grounds of the Leaf River Herd of caribou (400,000+ caribou). There is such a pristine beauty to the mediative views of nature from boreal forest to open tundra to sea cliffs...it's worth the effort of a trip.

shootingstar….I looked through my journal from that time and I wrote about the Inuit story that the lights were dancing demons pursuing lost souls.

I like this better….

billowing waves of sulfurous fire

swirling mist

diaphanous dust

cascading color

vaporous nymphs and spritely fauns

dance there on jeweled black

[ny biker]

This was posted on twitter today by Terry Virts, an astronaut on the International Space Station. The Gulf Coast from New Orleans to Florida, looking north with the northern lights in the background.

https://twitter.com/AstroTerry/statu...375104/photo/1

The ISS is probably the best place to see the northern lights.

[salsabike]

This was posted on twitter today by Terry Virts, an astronaut on the International Space Station. The Gulf Coast from New Orleans to Florida, looking north with the northern lights in the background.

https://twitter.com/AstroTerry/statu...375104/photo/1

The ISS is probably the best place to see the northern lights.

I think ISS has many fantastic photos of the Northern Lights. I am a sci fi geek and NASA lover. http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos...st_ISS_Imagery

[NoNo]

I was fortunate enough to see the lights when I was up in Hudson Bay back in 2005. Since then, I've been to northern Canada many times, including the Arctic, and never saw it again. I'm so grateful I got to see it that one time, though. I'm not a religious person, but standing out there at 40 below watching that show was about as close to a connection to something greater as I've ever felt. It was just awe-inspiring.

[shootingstar]

Interesting....you must have had a personal or work-related connection to northern Canada at the time for that many visits.

[NoNo]

Actually I'm in a MINI Cooper club, and we have an annual northern road trip. We pick someplace and try to drive as far north as we can, hitting the end of the road. There's something exciting about knowing you literally can't go any further. I've seen some amazing scenery, the people have always been very kind to us, and it's important to me to see such a fragile environment.

[salsabike]

Actually I'm in a MINI Cooper club, and we have an annual northern road trip. We pick someplace and try to drive as far north as we can, hitting the end of the road. There's something exciting about knowing you literally can't go any further. I've seen some amazing scenery, the people have always been very kind to us, and it's important to me to see such a fragile environment.

NoNo, that sounds so cool!