Joe, I keep telling people that in order to see the Northern Lights you have to go outdoors. *g* I've seen them in every month but two: June and July. I've seen them on May 7 and August 7. The most common I've seen are the diaphanous apple green drapes and you can see the glittering stars right through the curtain. I have also seen like a dozen trembling, shimmering white fingers, for all the world like jet contrails. I've also seen the deep, deep velvety reds with dripping golden fringe directly overhead. Awesome.

Here is the chorus of a song I wrote once:

But at night he'll watch the Northern Lights
Stream across the sky
Silver and gold in ripples and folds
Of a purple scarf flung high
Green canopy of the Northern Lights!
Gleaming stars hang nigh
All nourish his soul in the crystal cold
Alone in the Northern Lights
Alone in the Northern Lights

Do come to Alaska.