Posted on 03/21/2015 2:23:09 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Though photographer/filmmaker Alexis Coram is based in San Francisco, she's started to make a habit of traveling up to Alaska to take photos and videos of the Aurora Borealis (lights that appear in the northern sky, typically the result of geomagnetic storms). And, boy, we're glad she did, because in a week of a lot of frustration, sadness, and fear, the below video is a beautiful break.
Coram writes, "I've realized how many people don't have the luxury of seeing these kinds of sights for themselves and just how lucky I am to be able to see it, and also to share it. This has inspired me to get out more, see more, share more, and [hopefully] make more people feel like they were transcended to another place, if only for a moment or two." What a fantastic reason to create!
Coram says she "spent 4 nights outside of Fairbanks in February - two of those nights were entirely overcast and not a light could be seen. The other two nights were electrifying. I stood outside for hours - shooting and gazing in awe at the orchestral dance above and around me. I felt more awake than ever during those moments. I hope my interpretation in images portrays that feeling."
Beautiful, thank you. Since I have never seen them in person, I have trouble getting my head around what it would look like. In the cool videos, it all just looks fake to me.
I guess I should add northern lights to my bucket list, but I’m not sure how to schedule a trip like that. Sort of a fleeting and unpredictable event, right?
Thank you, that was beautiful!
There are strange things done in the midnight sun
By the men who moil for gold;
The Arctic trails have their secret tales
That would make your blood run cold;
The Northern Lights have seen queer sights,
But the queerest they ever did see
Was that night on the marge of Lake Lebarge
I cremated Sam McGee.
— Robert W. Service
It really looks like the videos, and can vary tremendously. Where I live we infrequently see the Northern Lights. When I have it’s been rainbow flickers to the north. But 12 years ago our whole sky was filled with light, like nothing I’ve seen before. Half the sky was bright green, and the other was bright red. The dividing line seemed right over our house. Front yard-green; back yard-red. It was unreal, but not fake.
That sounds beautiful. I’ve only seen pictures of it - needless to say, lol.
That sounds beautiful. I’ve only seen pictures of it - needless to say, lol.
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