The day after we got home from NYC, we were being told we had a good chance of seeing the Northern Lights that night. I was very excited and planned to stay up late that night to try and see them. Over the years in Ohio, we’ve had several alerts that the Northern Lights might be visible, but it was always (and I mean always) cloudy on those days. This day and night was going to be clear and the lights were supposed to be strong because of a solar event. 

I saw the Northern Lights once when we were in Alaska. I was going to the airport around 3 a.m. to pick up someone from a red-eye flight who was coming to visit. As I drove around the Hay Flats, I looked up and saw some green lights dancing in the sky. I would check the road, then look up, then check the road, then look up. It was amazing, but quick. We saw all the pictures while we were there of people farther north who would see them almost all the time.

As soon as it turned dark, I headed outside and I could faintly see the waves in the sky with a slight pink and green tint. When I went to take a picture, I was amazed at what I could see through my phone. The colors were actually very deep and they were across our entire sky. I was amazed and stayed outside for a long time, watching and taking pictures.

They showed up faintly the next night, too, but I would love to see them again. And, I will someday. It’s like the eclipse – something wonderful happening in the sky beyond our control. I never get tired of seeing those things.