“…Across the Talkeetna River drainage and the Susitna Valley, a rare colorful palette of auroral curtains rises hundreds of miles above Earth, dwindling the grand central peaks of the Alaska Range Mt. Foraker (17,400 ft.), Hunter (14,573 ft.) and Denali (20,320 ft.). High winds buffeting the lofty summits softened their bold prominence in spite of the spring moonlight.  The great auroral storm waves continued to advance southward as the night evolved, reaching lower latitudes and lasting into the pre-dawn hours…”