Besides, you can't really see this from inside."
"See what?"
"Look up, Lower 48."
He looked where she pointed and lost his breath. "Holy God."
"Yeah, I always thought it was holy. A natural phenom caused by latitude, sunspots and so on. Scientific explanations don't make it less beautiful, or magical."
The lights in the sky were green with shimmers of gold, hints of red. The long, eerie streaks seemed to pulse and breathe, bathing the dark with life.
"The northern lights show best in the winter, but it's usually too damn cold to appreciate them. Figured this was a good night for the exception."
"I've heard of them. Seen pictures. It's not like the pictures."
"The best things never are.Northern Lights
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3 great places to watch the northern lights
in America
Right now, you may see the aurora borealis – also known as the northern lights – from northern California to the Texas Panhandle to the Virginia coast. About every 11 years, the sun's magnetic-field activity peaks, causing the lights to blaze farther south.
Here are top three spots to see the light shows, starting near the fall equinox on Sept. 22.
"It's as good as you think," NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center scientist Joseph Kunches says. "It's worth staying up late to see."
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"So you came here."
"To bury myself. But things happened. I saw the mountains. I saw the lights. Northern lights."
He looked at her and realized by the faint smile on her face she understood.He didn't have to say more. So he could say more.
"And I saw you. Similar reaction to all. Something inside me wanted to come back to life."
Northern Lights