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Aurora and People

Stepping outside on a cold, clear, night to watch the aurora dance in the dark skies overhead is a magical experience that never seems to get old. Even veteran Alaskans that have seen the aurora countless times are lured from the warmth of their homes to venture out and watch the luminous and colorful skies.
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  • Man views the aurora in the White Mountains National Recreation Area
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    Man views the aurora in the White Mountains National Recreation Area
  • A photographer frames a man watching the aurora borealis on a rock outcrop,  as they swirl over the foothills surrounding Fairbanks, Alaska.
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    A photographer frames a man watching the aurora borealis on a rock...
  • A man watches the aurora borealis, also called the northern lights, swirl over the foothills surrounding Fairbanks, Alaska.
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    A man watches the aurora borealis, also called the northern lights,...
  • A man watches the aurora borealis, also called the northern lights, swirl over the foothills surrounding Fairbanks, Alaska.
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    A man watches the aurora borealis, also called the northern lights,...
  • A man watches the aurora borealis from a rock outcrop as they swirl over the foothills surrounding Fairbanks, Alaska.
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    A man watches the aurora borealis from a rock outcrop as they swirl over...
  • Man watches the northern lights burst into a colorful display during a night of high aurora activity in the White Mountains Recreation Area in Alaska's interior. March 17, 2013. Aurora corona as seen when standing directly below a bundle of parallel plasma-channeling magnetic field lines that are converging on a point high in the sky.
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    Man watches the northern lights burst into a colorful display during a...
  • Man watches aurora borealis in a boreal forest in Fairbanks, Alaska.
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    Man watches aurora borealis in a boreal forest in Fairbanks, Alaska.
  • Aurora borealis over the Caribou Bluff recreation cabin in the White Mountains National Recreation Area, Interior, Alaska.
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    Aurora borealis over the Caribou Bluff recreation cabin in the White...
  • The northern lights burst into a colorful display over the Caribou Bluff cabin, during a night of high aurora activity in the White Mountains Recreation Area in Alaska's interior. March 17, 2013
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    The northern lights burst into a colorful display over the Caribou Bluff...
  • Man views the aurora in the White Mountains National Recreation Area
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    Man views the aurora in the White Mountains National Recreation Area
  • Man watches aurora borealis in a boreal forest in Fairbanks, Alaska.
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    Man watches aurora borealis in a boreal forest in Fairbanks, Alaska.
  • Man stands on a granite tor while the aurora swirls overhead in the Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, Seward Peninsula, Alaska.
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    Man stands on a granite tor while the aurora swirls overhead in the...
  • Visitors to the Caribou bluff cabin in the White Mountains National Recreation area view the northern lights overhead on a winter night.
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    Visitors to the Caribou bluff cabin in the White Mountains National...
  • Northern lights over the Chena River in interior Alaska.
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    Northern lights over the Chena River in interior Alaska.
  • Photographers capture colorful displays of the northern lights in the Brooks Range, Alaska.
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    Photographers capture colorful displays of the northern lights in the...
  • Two people stand under the northern lights in the Brooks Range, Arctic, Alaska.
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    Two people stand under the northern lights in the Brooks Range, Arctic,...
  • Man views the aurora in the White Mountains National Recreation Area
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    Man views the aurora in the White Mountains National Recreation Area
  • Man watches aurora borealis in a boreal forest in Fairbanks, Alaska.
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    Man watches aurora borealis in a boreal forest in Fairbanks, Alaska.
  • Man watches aurora borealis in a boreal forest in Fairbanks, Alaska.
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    Man watches aurora borealis in a boreal forest in Fairbanks, Alaska.
  • Man watches aurora borealis in a boreal forest in Fairbanks, Alaska.
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    Man watches aurora borealis in a boreal forest in Fairbanks, Alaska.
  • Man watches aurora borealis in a boreal forest in Fairbanks, Alaska.
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    Man watches aurora borealis in a boreal forest in Fairbanks, Alaska.
  • Man watches aurora borealis in a boreal forest in Fairbanks, Alaska.
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    Man watches aurora borealis in a boreal forest in Fairbanks, Alaska.
  • Man watches aurora borealis in a boreal forest in Fairbanks, Alaska.
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    Man watches aurora borealis in a boreal forest in Fairbanks, Alaska.
  • Man prepares cross country skis under the aurora in the White Mountains National Recreation Area
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    Man prepares cross country skis under the aurora in the White Mountains...
  • Man views the aurora in the White Mountains National Recreation Area
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    Man views the aurora in the White Mountains National Recreation Area
  • Man views the aurora in the White Mountains National Recreation Area
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    Man views the aurora in the White Mountains National Recreation Area
  • Man views the aurora in the White Mountains National Recreation Area
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    Man views the aurora in the White Mountains National Recreation Area
  • Man watches aurora borealis in a boreal forest in Fairbanks, Alaska.
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    Man watches aurora borealis in a boreal forest in Fairbanks, Alaska.
  • Man skiing in front of a log cabin pauses to watch the northern lights above the boreal forest in Fairbanks, Alaska.
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    Man skiing in front of a log cabin pauses to watch the northern lights...
  • Man stands on a granite tor while the aurora swirls overhead. Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, Seward Peninsula, Alaska.
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    Man stands on a granite tor while the aurora swirls overhead. Bering...
  • Tourist watch the aurora borealis reflect in the Koyukuk River, Brooks Range, Arctic, Alaska.
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    Tourist watch the aurora borealis reflect in the Koyukuk River, Brooks...
  • A man peers out of the window at the northern lights, from a rustic log cabin nestled among spruce trees in the Alaska Range mountains.
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    A man peers out of the window at the northern lights, from a rustic log...
  • Man views the northern lights from a log cabin in Wiseman, Alaska.
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    Man views the northern lights from a log cabin in Wiseman, Alaska.
  • Northern lights over Alaska's interior
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    Northern lights over Alaska's interior
  • Northern lights over Alaska's interior
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    Northern lights over Alaska's interior
  • Northern lights over Alaska's interior
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    Northern lights over Alaska's interior
  • Man views the aurora in the White Mountains National Recreation Area
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    Man views the aurora in the White Mountains National Recreation Area
  • Man watches aurora borealis in a boreal forest in Fairbanks, Alaska.
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    Man watches aurora borealis in a boreal forest in Fairbanks, Alaska.
  • Man views the aurora in the White Mountains National Recreation Area
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    Man views the aurora in the White Mountains National Recreation Area
  • Man views the aurora in the White Mountains National Recreation Area
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    Man views the aurora in the White Mountains National Recreation Area
  • Man peers out of the door of a tent to watch the aurora overhead in Alaska's Brooks Range.
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    Man peers out of the door of a tent to watch the aurora overhead in...
  • Photographers with tripods take pictures of the aurora borealis in the night sky in Alaska's Brooks Range, Arctic, Alaska
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    Photographers with tripods take pictures of the aurora borealis in the...
  • A man peers out of the window at the northern lights, from a rustic log cabin nestled among spruce trees in the Alaska Range mountains.
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    A man peers out of the window at the northern lights, from a rustic log...
  • Visitors to the Caribou bluff cabin in the White Mountains National Recreation area view the northern lights overhead on a winter night.
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    Visitors to the Caribou bluff cabin in the White Mountains National...
  • Brooks Range mountains, Arctic, Alaska.
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    Brooks Range mountains, Arctic, Alaska.
  • Man prepares cross country skis under the aurora in the White Mountains National Recreation Area
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    Man prepares cross country skis under the aurora in the White Mountains...
  • Man views the aurora in the White Mountains National Recreation Area
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    Man views the aurora in the White Mountains National Recreation Area
  • Man views the aurora in the White Mountains National Recreation Area
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    Man views the aurora in the White Mountains National Recreation Area
  • Man views the aurora in the White Mountains National Recreation Area
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    Man views the aurora in the White Mountains National Recreation Area
  • Man watches aurora borealis in a boreal forest in Fairbanks, Alaska.
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    Man watches aurora borealis in a boreal forest in Fairbanks, Alaska.
  • Man watches aurora borealis in a boreal forest in Fairbanks, Alaska.
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    Man watches aurora borealis in a boreal forest in Fairbanks, Alaska.
  • Man prepares cross country skis under the aurora in the White Mountains National Recreation Area
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    Man prepares cross country skis under the aurora in the White Mountains...
  • Man views the aurora in the White Mountains National Recreation Area
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    Man views the aurora in the White Mountains National Recreation Area
  • Man watches aurora borealis in a boreal forest in Fairbanks, Alaska.
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    Man watches aurora borealis in a boreal forest in Fairbanks, Alaska.
  • Man watches aurora borealis in a boreal forest in Fairbanks, Alaska.
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    Man watches aurora borealis in a boreal forest in Fairbanks, Alaska.
  • Photographers take pictures of the aurora borealis in Alaska's Brooks Range, Arctic, Alaska
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    Photographers take pictures of the aurora borealis in Alaska's Brooks...
  • Man watches the northern lights dance over a rustic log cabin nestled among spruce trees in the Alaska Range mountains.
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    Man watches the northern lights dance over a rustic log cabin nestled...
  • Visitors to the Caribou bluff cabin in the White Mountains National Recreation area view the northern lights overhead on a winter night.
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    Visitors to the Caribou bluff cabin in the White Mountains National...
  • Man steps out of a log cabin in a boreal forest in Fairbanks, Alaska with green northern lights overhead
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    Man steps out of a log cabin in a boreal forest in Fairbanks, Alaska...
  • Visitors to the Caribou bluff cabin in the White Mountains National Recreation area view the northern lights overhead on a winter night.
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    Visitors to the Caribou bluff cabin in the White Mountains National...
  • Northern lights over Alaska's interior
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    Northern lights over Alaska's interior
  • Photographers capture colorful displays of the northern lights in the Brooks Range, Alaska.
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    Photographers capture colorful displays of the northern lights in the...
  • Man stands by glowing yellow tent and watches the northern lights dance over mount Dillon, Brooks Range, Alaska.
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    Man stands by glowing yellow tent and watches the northern lights dance...
  • Man watches aurora borealis in a boreal forest in Fairbanks, Alaska.
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    Man watches aurora borealis in a boreal forest in Fairbanks, Alaska.
  • Man watches aurora borealis in a boreal forest in Fairbanks, Alaska.
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    Man watches aurora borealis in a boreal forest in Fairbanks, Alaska.
  • Man views the aurora in the White Mountains National Recreation Area
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    Man views the aurora in the White Mountains National Recreation Area
  • Photographers take pictures of the aurora borealis in Alaska's Brooks Range, Arctic, Alaska
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    Photographers take pictures of the aurora borealis in Alaska's Brooks...
  • Two people stand under the northern lights in the Brooks Range, Arctic, Alaska.
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    Two people stand under the northern lights in the Brooks Range, Arctic,...
  • Man stands by glowing yellow tent and watches the northern lights dance over mount Dillon, Brooks Range, Alaska.
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    Man stands by glowing yellow tent and watches the northern lights dance...
  • Aurora borealis over the Caribou Bluff recreation cabin in the White Mountains National Recreation Area, Interior, Alaska.
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    Aurora borealis over the Caribou Bluff recreation cabin in the White...
  • Man prepares cross country skis under the aurora in the White Mountains National Recreation Area
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    Man prepares cross country skis under the aurora in the White Mountains...
  • Man views the aurora in the White Mountains National Recreation Area
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    Man views the aurora in the White Mountains National Recreation Area
  • Man views the aurora in the White Mountains National Recreation Area
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    Man views the aurora in the White Mountains National Recreation Area
  • Man views the aurora in the White Mountains National Recreation Area
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    Man views the aurora in the White Mountains National Recreation Area
  • Man watches the aurora overhead from a tented camp in Alaska's Brooks Range.
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    Man watches the aurora overhead from a tented camp in Alaska's Brooks...
  • Man watches  the northern lights dance over a rustic log cabin nestled among spruce trees in the Alaska Range mountains.
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    Man watches the northern lights dance over a rustic log cabin nestled...
  • Visitors to the Caribou bluff cabin in the White Mountains National Recreation area view the northern lights overhead on a winter night.
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    Visitors to the Caribou bluff cabin in the White Mountains National...
  • Northern lights over the Chena River in interior Alaska.
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    Northern lights over the Chena River in interior Alaska.
  • Photographers capture colorful displays of the northern lights in the Brooks Range, Alaska.
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    Photographers capture colorful displays of the northern lights in the...
  • Man views the aurora in the White Mountains National Recreation Area
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    Man views the aurora in the White Mountains National Recreation Area
  • Man views the aurora in the White Mountains National Recreation Area
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    Man views the aurora in the White Mountains National Recreation Area
  • Man views the aurora in the White Mountains National Recreation Area
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    Man views the aurora in the White Mountains National Recreation Area
  • Man views the aurora in the White Mountains National Recreation Area
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    Man views the aurora in the White Mountains National Recreation Area
  • Man views the aurora in the White Mountains National Recreation Area
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    Man views the aurora in the White Mountains National Recreation Area
  • Man views the aurora in the White Mountains National Recreation Area
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    Man views the aurora in the White Mountains National Recreation Area
  • Man views the aurora in the White Mountains National Recreation Area
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    Man views the aurora in the White Mountains National Recreation Area
  • Man views the aurora in the White Mountains National Recreation Area
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    Man views the aurora in the White Mountains National Recreation Area
  • Man views the northern lights from a log cabin in Wiseman, Alaska.
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    Man views the northern lights from a log cabin in Wiseman, Alaska.
  • Northern lights over Goldstream Road in the Goldstream Valley in Fairbanks, Alaska.
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    Northern lights over Goldstream Road in the Goldstream Valley in...
  • Man stands by glowing yellow tent and watches the northern lights dance over mount Dillon, Brooks Range, Alaska.
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    Man stands by glowing yellow tent and watches the northern lights dance...
  • Photographers take pictures of the northern lights reflecting in the water of a river in Alaska's Arctic Brooks Range.
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    Photographers take pictures of the northern lights reflecting in the...
  • Man views the aurora borealis from Lee's Cabin in the White Mountains National Recreation Area
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    Man views the aurora borealis from Lee's Cabin in the White Mountains...
  • Man views the aurora in the White Mountains National Recreation Area
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    Man views the aurora in the White Mountains National Recreation Area
  • Man views the aurora in the White Mountains National Recreation Area
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    Man views the aurora in the White Mountains National Recreation Area
  • Green and violet bands of aurora borealis, or northern lights swirl over the mountain ridges of the Brooks Range, Arctic, Alaska.
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    Green and violet bands of aurora borealis, or northern lights swirl over...
  • Visitors to the Caribou bluff cabin in the White Mountains National Recreation area view the northern lights overhead on a winter night.
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    Visitors to the Caribou bluff cabin in the White Mountains National...
  • The aurora borealis, also called the northern lights, swirls over a tent camp the foothills surrounding Fairbanks, Alaska.
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    The aurora borealis, also called the northern lights, swirls over a tent...
  • A man watches the aurora borealis, also called the northern lights, swirl over the foothills surrounding Fairbanks, Alaska.
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    A man watches the aurora borealis, also called the northern lights,...
  • A man watches the aurora borealis, also called the northern lights, from a rock outcrop as they swirl over the foothills surrounding Fairbanks, Alaska.
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    A man watches the aurora borealis, also called the northern lights, from...
  • A man watches the aurora borealis, also called the northern lights, swirl over the foothills surrounding Fairbanks, Alaska.
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    A man watches the aurora borealis, also called the northern lights,...
 
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