When the first Alaskan sunlight hadn’t reached the valley, T.B. was awakened by the good smell of canned meat. He opened his eyes. The sky was still dark. Light, colorful waves danced in the sky in vibrant shades of green, yellow, blue, pink, and purple.
This dazzling spectacle in the sky was created by energetic particles from the Sun flying at speeds of up to 45 million kilometers per hour and crashing into the Earth's magnetic field. Because our planet was protected by a magnetic field, those particles were redirected toward the poles, interacting with the atmosphere. It was this interaction of energy that created fluorescence, forming the aurora. The Inupiat Eskimos called them the Northern Lights.
The Northern Lights were one of the most magical natural phenomena in the world, occur
