When I first moved to Idaho,I worked as seasonal Park Ranger at Heyburn State Park on the southern end of Lake Couer d'Alene.My shift was 2:30-11:00 PM. The drive was 55 miles one way and I did it in my '67 Sprite.One night, not long after i started working there, I noticed a strange green glow in the sky to the north of me as I drove home.Pretty soon it had spread from the far west of my vision to the far east.This was my first view in my life of the Aurora.What a thrill.
I've come to look for them in the summer,just after the moon sets,but not depedant on it.I"ve seen red a few times, but mostly green and blue.Sometimes with major pulsing that is really unreal to watch.
It sometimes looks like the glow of a big city beyond the mountain ridges where no city cold possibly be.
God's Magic.
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