A little bit unexpected

I was standing in the lobby of the Chateau Nova, chatting with half my guests for the night ahead while waiting for the other half still to meet us. I was excited for the night ahead. Excited for the clear skies, I was excited to be driving out of town to a brighter twilight sky - you know how much I love this time of year, and I was excited because the aurora conditions were good. Good.

After a beautiful, but not unusual beginning of the night, I took a little time in the car to warm back up. Occasionally, I would open my door and lean half my body precariously out checking the sky behind the car. There was beginning to be a little bit of aurora that intrigued me, so I took my frozen fingers back outside and some minutes later, came back to the car to get everyone else back outside too.

And this is where I just don’t know how to describe the rest.

It is just the potential night-to-night beauty and the unexpected magic of the aurora that cannot really be predicted. I want to call it moments, but it was so much more than that. It was almost exhaustingly long that these pinks and greens danced violently for, and to such an intensity and scale that no photography, and not even some poor quality real time video I shot could give even a hint of justice to truly the kind of beauty here. It is so overwhelming, and one of these nights that are truly just unforgettable.