Unexpected relief

Everything was a mess. Or, everything was still a mess. Satellite images were a mess of chaotic lines and shapes in all shades of very-much-not-clear-sky. But on the way out of town, we drove straight into unexpected clear sky. Like clear sky, clear sky. It felt too good to be true, but it was an easy decision to abandon a further chase out for what was maybe clear sky. So we turned off to a nearby lake and while driving slowly down to the ice road, I watched nervously out the front windshield scared this wasn’t going to last.

And while our clear sky didn’t last all night, we were luckier than I could have hoped for. The aurora met us earlier than usual and danced beautifully until it was eaten up by heavier cloud that did remain for the rest of the night.