I am happy to report that last week Lady Aurora came on strong and South-Central Alaska's weather was finally clear and agreeable. This created an opportunity that people wait their whole lives to see. The manchild and I decided to lose a few nights sleep and chase down the lights in the sky. For those of you who don't know there is a full scientific explanation as to when and why the lights appear, and as a photographer I have taken multiple classes on all them, but if you have ever had the occasion to experience this phenomenon you know it is something far more spiritual. Watching the green bands when they start to form and eventually morph into these living, breathing lights that start dancing across the sky to music that can only be heard by them makes you think there is something more to them. It is easy to see why so many myths could be built around these mysterious marvels. As I watch the lights dance and wave rhythmically across the sky I can understand why early Native Americans believed that these were the spirits of their ancestors, children, animals or even mythical creatures (Check out more info on Legends & Folklore). It doesn't matter whether you are a scientist, a spiritualist, or a combination of both because when you experience those magical lights whirling across the sky they will touch your soul.

AB129Aurora trails AB126Colorful Aurora viewed from Skyline Drive in Eagle River, AK. AB127Blown out aurora.