Day 7, 3AM: A Northern Lights spectacle

I know it is three AM and I will have to get up in about 3 and a half hours but I just wanted to share the experience we just had. For the last 4 hours we have been sitting in the observation dome watching the most incredible display of Northern lights I ever imagined. At times it filled the whole sky after which it would move rapidly and pull apart into streaks and clusters off lights, all the while becoming brighter and dimmer. You could really observe what looked like massive explosions of light, which would “rain down” in a curtain like fashion. At other times is would snake across the sky, constantly changing shapes Without a doubt this makes it to my top five of most amazing sights ever. One fellow who came all the way from England to observe the lights took all the extraordinary pictures you see here. You can get a sense of the magnitude of this spectacular event. Just multiply it by 4 hours across the whole sky and you can see why I am bright awake right now. The little dots you see are a combination of stars and reflections of snow flakes. We also learned what causes the Northern lights. I could try to tell you in my own words but it is much wiser to quickly check out this little description here. I have many more pictures but don't want to break the network here by uploading them all in massive files.