I have seen this, I have seen this
Feb. 23rd, 2014 03:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jennariaSo last week, Tanya and I went to Iceland for our (slightly belated) honeymoon. ("Iceland? Why Iceland?" Lots of reasons, among them the fact that it was actually warmer there than here, sad but true. Anyway.) First night there, we went out on a harbor cruise, away from the light pollution of Reyjkavik, to see the Northern Lights.
Long story short: we saw 'em. We saw them like I never dared to dream of seeing them outside of the movies.
I called my mother yesterday. It was her birthday. We chatted, as you do, and she asked what my favorite memory of the trip was. The Northern Lights, of course.
She paused, just a second, then asked, "One question. Do they actually move?"
Like dragons of light chasing their own tail across the night sky. Like multi-color shimmering curtains eddying in and out. Like the whole sky lit up with green and white and pale red, so we stood with our heads tilted all the way back like kids at a fireworks show, and slowly pivoted to see it all.
"Yes," I said.
Long story short: we saw 'em. We saw them like I never dared to dream of seeing them outside of the movies.
I called my mother yesterday. It was her birthday. We chatted, as you do, and she asked what my favorite memory of the trip was. The Northern Lights, of course.
She paused, just a second, then asked, "One question. Do they actually move?"
Like dragons of light chasing their own tail across the night sky. Like multi-color shimmering curtains eddying in and out. Like the whole sky lit up with green and white and pale red, so we stood with our heads tilted all the way back like kids at a fireworks show, and slowly pivoted to see it all.
"Yes," I said.