Finally...I saw the Aurora!!

The Aurora in Fairbanks, Alaska on October 8, 2012.  (My friend, Janye Wallace, took this beautiful picture from Ft. Wainwright. Thanks for sharing!)

It seemed like every time I would get on facebook, I would read posts about people seeing the Northern Lights in Fairbanks.  I would see their gorgeous pictures of the dancing lights, and then grab a coat and run outside, or even drive out away from the city on one occasion, but would still see nothing but a black sky.  I felt like I would never see them!!

Last night started out like the one described above.  Out of frustration, I downloaded an Aurora forecast app for my phone, and then opened it up.  It said it was at 70% strength, so Marshall asked if I wanted to run out to the Creamer's Field behind our house to look, just in case.  We only got to the parking lot of our Apartment when I looked up and saw green dancing lights above my head!! 

The experience truly was magnificent.  If I have to live through sub-freezing temperatures all winter long to be able to see the Aurora, well then I think it is worth it!

In case you didn't catch it earlier, I didn't take the picture above.  It was from last night's sky, but I don't have a good enough camera to catch that!  My friend, Janye Wallace took the picture.