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northern lights viewing

Dancing waves of green, and Russians the lights were the scientific name of aurora
blue and red streak across the associated with fire breathing borealis, takes a clear night, a
clear night sky, urging viewers dragons. Many people never little bit of planning and a lot of
to gasp in wonder at this get to witness one of nature’s good fortune. Winter in Alaska
celestial display. To the Inuit, most incredible phenomena, is one of the best times to view
these otherworldly light shows but if you are one of the lucky the lights as darkness descends
were the souls of the dead ones, this is an experience on this state very early during
playing games in the night sky, you will never forget. To see the months of September
and to the northern Chinese the northern lights, known by through April. In Anchorage,

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