Post by Eugene MiyaPost by Gary S.Well worth going to see them, whatever, wherever. Pictures only barely
capture this phenomenon.
Well you can try video.
That would be the only thing that would do any justice to the most
spectacular light show I've ever seen in ND in my youth.
Post by Eugene MiyaPhotos are an integration over time.
Some times it changes very rapidly.
Well, the ones in my youth were impressive with the reds, blues and
yellows moving around slowly, changing positions and returning.
Basically blotches of color that were dancing in the sky the way you
would imagine a full screen lava lamp. But a lava lamp isn't quite right
either because some blotches had distinct edges and other edges blending
slowly into the dark sky or the next colored blotch. It was just short
of Disney's "Fantasia".
But then one time it was again the dancing blotches of color except
there was also a very prevalent streaking across the sky. The speed at
which the streaking was going on made it the most prevalent part of the
show. It looked like a beam from an airport light cruising through a
cloud or one of those spot lights they have going when they are having a
sale at one of your largest dealers.
Only these spot lights looked like they were positioned hundreds or
thousands of miles north of where I was watching them. They were also
spaced at random positions behind the northern horizon and shining
south. The colors were again all three primary colors and anything
inbetween. They sometimes swept from one horizon to the other in less
than a second and others took up to twenty seconds. Some swept left and
others right.
The sweeping beams seemed to be above or behind the slow moving
blotches that dominated the sky other than the fast moving beams causing
a distinct overture to the entire show.
Post by Eugene MiyaAlmost as impressive as totality in a solar eclipse.
I beg to differ.
Ed Huesers
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