Looking for the Lights

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Hi Folks.
This is just a wee little blurb about a rather beautiful sky - tonight the heavens gave us an extra dazzling light show...

At about nine-thirty I took a look out at the sky from the front deck of our house. There was a spiraling band of green directly overhead which transformed and danced at astonishing speed! I decided it was the night to take a drive a couple of miles out of town to get away from the light pollution of Churchill's mighty sprawl of 13 streets so I could get a better view. They were truly amazing tonight (they still are), it's not too often that we get to see the reds as well as the greens, and to get them so bright at this time of the year is also quite the treat.

On my way back through town I saw a polar bear. It was wandering up to the rocks to sleep, or perhaps it was just mesmerized by the dancing aurora.
What made the aurora really special too was the fact that it was a warm night, unusually mild for the time of year?

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P.S. Stay tuned for some more blogs about the amazing summer in Churchill...

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Photos

From the front deck
This was my calling! I knew they were gonna be good!

Bright lights
They were awesome at this time - the photo does it no justice at all. The speed that they were twirling was incredible.

Comments

[Dancing Dave]

FROM THE DECK...MAGNIFIQUE
Nice to see a blog of photos from someone's deck...well worth sharing...I reckon the best sunsets I have seen anywhere are from my deck at home...but Northern Lights...very special.

[kangaroojack]

Awesome Pictures
Thanks for the awesom pictures. Our best Kangaroojack

[Rachel]

Fantastic! I can only imagine, as you said the photos will only give us a sneak of an idea of the original show:) Thanks!

[Kuzin]

Northern Lights
Hey.....those were at my door that night too! :) The only thing that wasnt was the polar bear.......watch your butt Cuz, Hi to Dave......T-BO

[Chris and Nikki]

Great pictures of the Northern Lights, reminds me of my wedding.

[Lauren]

Beautiful Lights!
Hi! I found your travel blog by searching Churchill, Manitoba. I'm completely fascinated with the aurora borealis and have dreamed about seeing them for the past couple of years. I've been reading a lot online about them, but it's still hard to determine the best time to go. Do you have any suggestions? When would the lights be the brightest and prettiest? Also, I am interested in seeing polar bears and beluga whales. Would that be possible in one trip? Thank you!