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| Matt and I went Aurora Chasing on the night before March 17, 2013, on Lake Superior. We slept through a powerful Aurora display, but the lake made up for it with a beautiful wintry sunrise! |
It's 2 a.m. My eyes are bleary, my arms and legs tender from a lack of sleep. My dog can hardly keep her head upright, whether she is indoors or out, and my man looks once more longingly at the sky, as I do.
This is how we appear after a night of Aurora Chasing, a spell of searching the north for the Aurora Borealis to dance in the night sky. We are new at this, having only been actively seeking the Northern Lights since March of this year. Thus far, we have endured several duds, a few near misses and more than our fair share of overwhelming cloud cover. With each attempt, we grow more knowledgeable and more determined, our enthusiasm brewing hotter and longer throughout every hunt.
The Aurora, though, are a mysterious and elusive lot.
