How I did it: I lived in Alaska, but worked the morning shift at a local radio station.  The aurora like to come out around 3 AM or so, at my prime sleeping time, so I missed them for a very long time.  Eventually, I put all of my friends on Aurora watch and gave them instructions to call me any night that they were in full effect.  Eventually, I got to see them on one extremely brisk March morning: drove out of town, four miles away from electricity, and BLA-DOW.  There they were.  

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Apr 17, 2009, 08:36AM PDT | 0 comments | 4 cheers