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Heres something that I took back in August, our last weekend in the Canadian Rockies.
I've kept this video footage for such a long time, not knowing what music to use with it and do it justice, never to see the light of day otherwise. For me, the background music can really make a video work and having recently seen then new Star Wars film, I think I've finally found what I was looking for.
Throughout our time in North America, the thought of seeing the Aurora Borealis with my own eyes prompted me to loose more sleep than I ever imagined, sometimes I would get lucky, sometimes not.
But even just a slither of light for a fleeting moment would be worth it in my eyes.
So at the end of a warm day in the fall of summer, it was for me at least, literally last chance saloon.
Incredibly, a friend of ours from Wales was actually visiting at that time and had been staying further north in Alberta's capital, Edmonton. Having never seen them for himself, I had mentioned to him that he should check to see if he could see them up there, as the sun had been active that week and there was potential to see them.
The big city lights were to win for him though and he didn't get to see them, so upon his visit to see us in Banff National Park, I insisted that we take a trip to a popular and well known spot, facing north, more in hope than anticipation.
As you can see from the video, the scene takes a little while to warm as the moon sets over the mountains, up until a familiar warm glow develops over the horizon. Normally that warm toxic glow would be the full extent of our Northern Lights experience, the fickle Aurora teasing us once more. Despite having failed countless times to see it properly, lady Aurora started to smile at us as the activity increased before the sky started to dance.
First the pillars came, then the greens, reds, purples, blues and even oranges started to pulsate with an explosion of colour in the sky!!
A true bucket list experience.
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