Northern lights

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From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026

The 20-strong crew’s only outside company were pods of dolphins and killer whales, stray icebergs and the northern lights dancing across the night sky.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025

There are similar stories of people seeing the northern lights, of going to the desert and seeing the arm of the Milky Way outstretched overhead, and being overcome with emotion.

From Slate • Feb. 7, 2025

The couple named their child Aurora for their love of the aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights.

From Salon • Jan. 2, 2025

The light cast an eerie glow up onto the windows of the terrarium that reminded me of pictures of the northern lights.

From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green