BS: seeing the Northern lights

Subject: RE: BS: seeing the Northern lights
From: Once Famous
Date: 02 Apr 06 - 08:52 PM

Yeah, stoned.

Subject: RE: BS: seeing the Northern lights
From: Peace
Date: 02 Apr 06 - 08:52 PM

The NL are visible from Red Deer (Alberta) north.

Here ya go.

They are not static. I've watched them dance for an hour at a time. When the Alaskans see this thred, they'll link you to some phenomenal sites.

Best to get away from bright lights and watch. Take a blanket. And a camera.

Subject: BS: seeing the Northern lights
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 02 Apr 06 - 08:44 PM

I would like to hear from anyone who has been in Canada and seen the Northern lights. I have always wanted to see them.

Once I read a mystery novel by Dick Francis which was set on a train going across Canada. In the novel, the Northern lights seemed to be visible almost every night. Are they actually that predictable, or was it just good fiction?

By the way, I wrote to the Canadian Tourist Bureau (whatever its official name is) about this some time ago. All I got back was a letter that said, "If you want to visit a certain province, write to the tourist bureau in that province." Perhaps the person writing that had never heard of the Northern lights.

Anyhow, is there a good way to see them?