Aurora Borealis @ Northern Light

I wish I can watch Aurora Borealis with my own eyes before I die..

The bright dancing lights of the aurora are actually collisions between electrically charged particles from the sun that enter the earth's atmosphere. The lights are seen above the magnetic poles of the northern and southern hemispheres. They are known as 'Aurora borealis' in the north and 'Aurora australis' in the south.. Auroral displays appear in many colours although pale green and pink are the most common. Shades of red, yellow, green, blue, and violet have been reported. The lights appear in many forms from patches or scattered clouds of light to streamers, arcs, rippling curtains or shooting rays that light up the sky with an eerie glow.

Researcher had discovered that auroral activity is cyclic, peaking every roughly 11 years. Winter in the north is the good season to view the light. Usually on the best time of the night (on clear night).  However the best places to watch the lights (in North America) are in the northwestern parts of Canada, particularly the Yukon, Nunavut, Northwest Territories and Alaska. Auroral displays can also be seen over the southern tip of Greenland and Iceland, the northern coast of Norway and over the coastal waters north of Siberia. Southern auroras are not often seen as they are concentrated in a ring around Antarctica and the southern Indian Ocean.

Eventhough the scientist had proven this with science theory, but there were some myths and the legend about aurora borealis. In Alaska, some inuit group saw this light as the spirit of the animals they haunted. In Finland, a mystical fox was thought to have created the aurora. Its bushy tails sparaying snow and throwing spark into the sky.

I hope one day i can witness the great aurora borealis by myself...