see the aurora borealis

I was vey excited when my boyfriend offered me a skiing holiday in Finland in replacement of forgetting flowers on Valentines Day.

I tracked the phenomenon on this website http://www.gedds.alaska.edu/AuroraForecast/ and was pleased to discover that the week he had chosen gave me a high chance of experiencing the Aurora Borealis.

It was the last day of our holiday and we were walking back to the hotel. I told him that I’d had a magical time and it was shame that I had not seen the AB and then of course it happened.

I stood for a moment, as I often do, to behold and be in awe of the stars, and I wished for the sky to put on a sow for me. Slowly, what looked like a giant green cosmic slug moved and shimmered across the sky. It faded and I took a drag of my cigarette and felt happy.

The A B is caused by the magnetic solar rays from the sun and also happens in the south. The Southern Lights, but they are difficult to see.

I hope he manages to forget Valentines Day every year.

I’ve been to Alaska twice and want to go again. I did not see the Northern Lights either time. Third time’s the charm!

omg the northen lights are soooo beautiful I want to see them soo bad before I die.

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We are moving to Alaska for 3 months in 2009. May, June and July. I know it is pushing it, but I am hoping to get there in time to see the lights!

would be awesome!

I’ve always wanted watch the lights of long nights dance across the sky…and I love hanging out with my sister-in-law, who now lives in Alaska, just a bit south of the Artic Circle. So, on my list, is to go, taking the kids, and have the coolest science lesson to date!

I just didnt want to sound like everyone els who wnats to see the northern lights so i used to more “scientific” name

lol

I’ve always been enthralled with the northern lights. absolutely gorgeous!

Travel to Iceland to see the aurora borealis.