The sky dancing its vibrant jade in front of the infinity beyond. Giant tidal waves of green and yellow crashed into the atmosphere above us. On the shoreline of Rainy Lake with friends we all stopped in our tracks of youthful ignorance and beheld the spectacle unfolding in the clear black night. I was fourteen the first time I truly was awestruck. There are other times when the ring expands with even more protons and electrons from even a more ever-reaching sun deflect off our atmosphere forming a green sheet that covers the sky with waves from above as if on a clothesline. This only occurs at the poles of our world, the far north and south where metals form the strongest magnet to attract the sun’s emission of charged particles. There are variations of this phenomena caused by Earth’s magnetosphere’s contact with solar wind where a ring of green will appear on a night’s horizon like a soft blanket. Pictures or videos don’t do justice to seeing the Lights for the first time. The night skies of Voyageurs provide those experiences and Voyageurs Outfitters can be your vehicle to a truly awe-inspiring night sky experience. There is virtually no light pollution in and around Voyageurs and in fact we are working with the Dark Skies Association to gain our own Dark Skies Designation, a designation that few places on the planet can have.Īwestruck, by definition, means an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, or even fear produced by that which is grand, sublime, or extremely powerful. Here in Voyageurs National Park and the gateway communities we do get to see a glimpse at the heavens unobstructed by human creation. This list of illumination we send to the night is immeasurable since the invention of the light bulb and our rapid expanse of world population. Well lit sky scrapers, apartment complexes, homes, the hum and glow of the freeway, street lamps, airplane beacons, all of which human existence depends on, also emit light pollution skewing our view of what’s above us. The vast majority of people today only see the night sky through a filter of human needs. Humanity has pondered the stars and studied the sky since the dawn of civilization. THE AURORA BOREALIS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF DARK SKIES Click here to Learn more about contactContact.Click here to Learn more about our storyOur Story.Click here to Learn more about frequently asked questionsFrequently Asked Questions.Click here to Learn more about release form and cancelation policyRelease Form and Cancelation Policy.Click here to Learn more about blogBlog.Click here to Learn more about maps and resourcesMaps and Resources.
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