“…Upper level winds form a cloud cap over one of the northernmost peaks of the Kenai Mountain Range.  Over the ages, Explorer Glacier, now tucked back in the ice-carved valley crags of its namesake, once joined a mega-glacier that surged to the sea.  The subtle glow of a southern moon adds a touch of its light and shadow across the scene.  Over several hours, huge pulses of aurora expanded past Alaskan skies, dancing over the curvature of the Earth down to lower latitudes.  In one magnificent wave, a grand whirlwind of multicolored aurora rose hundreds of miles above Alaska, lasting only minutes and then once again disappearing over the horizon.  When such eloquent forces of nature coalesce with one another ever so fleetingly, it is one of life’s true gifts…”