You might recall that my old friend Gary and I first scheduled our cruise in order, once in our life, to see the northern lights live. As I’ve shown through dozens, even hundreds, of posts since January – we saw so much more than just the northern lights, even with the days as short as they were. We did, as I’ve shown you only a few times before, also see the lights themselves, three nights in a row on which we were fortunate to have clear skies. I don’t have a fancy camera that allows a long exposure – but my plain old phone did capture several images, which are hard to make out if you have background light. This was our experience: the first time we thought we were looking at mist or smoke in the sky, until we noticed it was moving and changing shape frequently. The colors only emerge as your eyes sensitize a lot – or on the camera if you have a long enough or good enough exposure. At the bottom, one from Gary where the color is less rich but the lights are more visible than above or in my other small shots below.
(so much world, so little time....) 
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