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Be Blown Away by the Aurora Borealis: Nature's Fireworks

Published April 11, 2011
Drew Tapley, Managing Editor & Writer

Does life imitate art, or art imitate life? This is a question you should not attempt to answer before witnessing the natural phenomenon of the aurora borealis: otherwise known as the northern lights. The aurora borealis is nature’s paintbrush dipped in pastel watercolours and smeared across the night sky. It’s an astronomical oil on canvas that can be seen from terra firma in most northern latitudes, such as Alaska, northern Canada, Russia and Scandinavia. The closer you can be to the Article Circle will yield the more spectacular sights. In fact, people have reported witnessing the beautiful northern lights as far down the Pacific as the Oregon sand dunes. Surely, watching the kaleidoscopic display of the aurora borealis while standing on the plankton beaches of ...

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