So I’m curious, for those who have actually seen the Aurora Borealis (or the Aurora Austalis, for that matter) in person–does it actually feel all shivery when you’re there, too?
And what does the air feel like? I always imagine the air going a bit electric, like before a thunderstorm, but does it really? Does the air go weird in some other way instead? Does it just get really still? Or is the air during an aurora pretty much the same as any other time, and all the stunningness comes from the actual light show?
And, okay, as long as I’m asking questions–what was the first sign that an aurora was beginning? (Or, if you live somewhere where you’re lucky enough to see northern lights regularly, what sorts of things tend to be signs it’s beginning?) What were the signs that it was winding down? How long did it last, and did it begin and end gradually (like a slow storm moving in), or abruptly, all at once?
Thanks! Looking at these pictures makes me feel a twinge of regret at living so far south (or alternately nowhere near far enough south) that I’m never, ever going to see this sort of light show in my own backyard. (Though it being monsoon season, we’re getting light shows of our own, these days, just of a very different sort.)