it's an actual photo, found somewhere on the 'net, with the colors tweaked just a little bit - it actually did have some purple/magenta in it, but shrinking it down to 100x100 made it hard to see, so i "purple-ized" it a little.
i saw the aurora exactly once, when i was about twelve, at my family's summer cottage in central New Hampshire. i've been trying to see it again ever since. on occasions when it's technically visible where i am, it always seems that either it's cloudy, or i miss it for some other reason. i flew to Montréal and drove out along the St. Lawrence, all the way to Gaspé, hoping to see the aurora - and a mass of rain and clouds followed me all the way. i flew to Iceland in the middle of January, figuring i'd surely see the Northern Lights - and it was overcast and drizzling the whole time i was there (and then i landed back in New York in a blizzard). i follow SpaceWeather.com and the auroral activity maps, but i still haven't seen the aurora again. but i'll keep trying...
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i saw the aurora exactly once, when i was about twelve, at my family's summer cottage in central New Hampshire. i've been trying to see it again ever since. on occasions when it's technically visible where i am, it always seems that either it's cloudy, or i miss it for some other reason. i flew to Montréal and drove out along the St. Lawrence, all the way to Gaspé, hoping to see the aurora - and a mass of rain and clouds followed me all the way. i flew to Iceland in the middle of January, figuring i'd surely see the Northern Lights - and it was overcast and drizzling the whole time i was there (and then i landed back in New York in a blizzard). i follow SpaceWeather.com and the auroral activity maps, but i still haven't seen the aurora again. but i'll keep trying...
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