Northern Lights☆
They're something to behold.
For as long as I can remember every winter the aurora makes a show stopping appearance.
Everyone says you have to be a night-owl to see them. Not true. I have seen them in the daylight. I kid you not, it was late afternoon and my friend knocked on the door, asking me to make sure he wasn't loosing his mind.
They were out alright, and it was late summer in the daylight. You could see the waves of colors spooning around the sky just as vibrantly as a decent night viewing.
It was nuts, really didn't seem to make sense, but in all reality science most likely has it that the sun's reflection on the gases magnified intensely at that hour, making the lights visible in the daytime.
To be blatant they are technically always there; just at the right atmospheric conditions we are able to see them.
I cannot tell you how rare the odds are of such a display, but I have seen much more intense Northern Lights during the dead of winter. Following a clear sunny day with temps dropping below freezing in February is the best possible time to see them.
By the way, I'm a travel consultant, so I often spout off random facts and tips. My writing is much the same.
Anyway, Bettles Lodge is THE SPOT to stay for awesome aurora viewing. This is right in the midst of the Arctic Circle where the band wraps our entire northern hemisphere.
I send many people up north and they come back with outstanding stories and pictures. I have yet to visit myself, but in my defence I am so busy exploring all of the endless amazing places in this world.
This would be #1 on my list for aurora viewing in Alaska this winter.
They're something to behold.
For as long as I can remember every winter the aurora makes a show stopping appearance.
Everyone says you have to be a night-owl to see them. Not true. I have seen them in the daylight. I kid you not, it was late afternoon and my friend knocked on the door, asking me to make sure he wasn't loosing his mind.
They were out alright, and it was late summer in the daylight. You could see the waves of colors spooning around the sky just as vibrantly as a decent night viewing.
It was nuts, really didn't seem to make sense, but in all reality science most likely has it that the sun's reflection on the gases magnified intensely at that hour, making the lights visible in the daytime.
To be blatant they are technically always there; just at the right atmospheric conditions we are able to see them.
I cannot tell you how rare the odds are of such a display, but I have seen much more intense Northern Lights during the dead of winter. Following a clear sunny day with temps dropping below freezing in February is the best possible time to see them.
By the way, I'm a travel consultant, so I often spout off random facts and tips. My writing is much the same.
Anyway, Bettles Lodge is THE SPOT to stay for awesome aurora viewing. This is right in the midst of the Arctic Circle where the band wraps our entire northern hemisphere.
I send many people up north and they come back with outstanding stories and pictures. I have yet to visit myself, but in my defence I am so busy exploring all of the endless amazing places in this world.
This would be #1 on my list for aurora viewing in Alaska this winter.
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