2025 has been a really good year to see an aurora, and I have seen many photos of spectacular, colorful examples of the Northern Lights that people had captured on film. Every time I hear about an aurora, I always think back on an experience I had, and will never forget. I know I have blogged about it before, but just in case you missed it, here’s the story:
One clear, cold January night I went out into the darkness to tryout the “Night Vision” capabilities on my camcorder. It was pretty frigid and dark as I stood out in the pasture and began to scan the open skies through the viewfinder of my camcorder. I had the “Night Vision” on, and what I saw through the viewfinder was amazing: Moving cloud-like areas of green, swirling across the viewfinder.
“Wow,” I thought, “This is an amazing aurora.” I pressed the video button of the camcorder to record the incredible aurora I was seeing, for posterity. I kept my eyes glued into the viewfinder. I was so happy to be witnessing and recording such an amazing swirling green display in the sky.
After a while I lowered the camcorder from my eyes, and was surprised that I couldn’t see the aurora with my naked eyes. I looked back into the viewfinder, and there it was again.
“Wait a minute, something’s not right here.” I began to think, and then it hit me.
There was no aurora. What I was seeing, and recording was my breath, fogged up from the cold, and drifting across the front of my camera.
I felt pretty deflated and foolish at all of my excitement in thinking I was witnessing an amazing aurora, that turned out to be, just my breath.
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