Astral Blaze Over Solitary Sentinel

by Kyle Lavey

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Astral Blaze Over Solitary Sentinel

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Kyle Lavey

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Photograph - Photograph

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As I made my way up the slopes of Mt. Boldy in Eagle River, Alaska, the crisp crunch of snow beneath my boots was the only sound piercing the night's stillness. I was on a quest to capture the elusive beauty of the aurora borealis. The air was biting, and every breath I exhaled turned into a misty cloud that quickly vanished into the frigid night.

I had ventured out into the dead of winter, armed with my camera and a resolve as firm as the ancient glaciers surrounding me. The ascent was solitary and demanding, but the promise of the lights drove me onward. Reaching my vantage point, I set up my tripod, the cold metal a stark contrast to the softness of the snowy landscape.

The world around me was asleep, yet I was more awake than ever, my senses attuned to nature's grand display. I watched with bated breath as faint whispers of green began to unfurl against the tapestry of the night sky. A hush fell over the world as if every creature and tree were holding their breath for the show about to begin.

Slowly, the auroras grew bolder, painting the sky with strokes of vibrant greens and purples, ribbons of light that danced from one horizon to another. I could feel the pulse of the earth and the sigh of the sky as the aurora reached its crescendo. I clicked the shutter, capturing not just the image, but the emotion, the profound solitude, and the connection I felt to this wild, untamed beauty.

Each photo was a chapter of the story I was writing in that boundless night. When I finally descended, my heart was full, and my camera was the vessel of the incredible tale I had to tell — the night I stood alone with the stars, under the shimmering curtain of the northern lights, and immortalized their dance. It was a night that I, through my lens, could share a fragment of this ethereal wonder with the world.

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January 8th, 2015

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