The northern lights cam just turned on and it's the perfect season for ghostly skies

[Judi Lynn]

The northern lights in Churchill, Canada.IMAGE: MADISON STEVENS

BY MARK KAUFMAN
9 HOURS AGO

The same live webcam site that brings you Alaska's glorious, salmon-hungry fat bears just turned on its webcam in the northern reaches of Churchill, Canada. This town, famous for the polar bears who regularly stroll down its streets, is ideally situated to watch the glowing, emerald northern lights, aka the Aurora borealis.

The feed can be streamed on explore.org, and the opportunity to witness the lights (from thousands of miles away) has been helped along by the research organizations Polar Bears International and the Churchill Northern Studies Center.

"There are over 300 nights of lights a year in Churchill," said Krista Wright, the executive director of Polar Bears International.

"It's definitely really cool," she said. "You can get lights that are dancing and moving."

But the best time to watch is now, Wright emphasized, specifically during February and March. There tends to be clear, cloudless nights over Churchill this time of year.

More:
https://mashable.com/article/northern-lights-webcam-live-watch/

[Control-Z]

1. I would love to see that in real life

one of these days.

Thank you for the post, Judi Lynn. I hope 2020 is going well for you!

[Judi Lynn]

2. Have had the same thought as yours. It would be overwhelming, I'm so sure.

Incidentally, the first time I ever heard Samuel Barber's "Adagio for Strings", the image of the Aurora Borealis came to me, and it seemed absolutely matched in my mind, as there is a shimmering quality as I perceive the music's sound. That bond of music and visual image never left me.

I went to look for the song, found this a short time ago:

After listening to it, I started to look to see if anyone had ever paired the visual image and the song. Nothing loomed into view, but I did run across this amazing recording. If you liked the song, this vocal arrangement of four parts of the music sung by the same guy might surprise you. He sings the upper part in an astounding countertenor, and his voice is overwhelming.

It occurred that I wanted to put it somewhere where someone could hear first the song by the orchestra, then the totally spell-binding singer.

The song seems even more like a musical relative to the etherial Northern Lights.

Thank you, Control-Z, for your post.

[Control-Z]

3. Oh, wow, Judi Lynn.

Such beautiful music. I was almost speechless after listening to Barber's "Adagio for Strings" the first time through. I loved it instantly.

After listening to the Matthew Curtis recording about 3 times on my phone (with actually really great earbuds made for music) I had to move to my desktop so I could watch him sing all 4 parts on a large screen.

I really can't tell you how this music moved me and how touched I am that you put it here. Thank you, Judi Lynn. This felt like a gift.


(I wanted to add, the last time I fell in love with a piece of music or a performance the first time through like this, was here on DU, probably 8 years ago or so, when someone posted Lara Fabian singing Perdere L'amore, in Italian.)

[Judi Lynn]

4. I just looked up the performance you mentioned by Lara Fabian, and was amazed.

She is phenomenal. I am so glad to have heard her, and look forward to hearing more from her from now forward.

I looked up the wiki. for this Belgian singer, learned she sings in 9 languages!

Thank you for mentioning the her name and the song you heard her singing first. Her voice most certainly does live on within well after you've heard her. She is amazing.

So appreciated, Control-Z.

[JustFiveMoreMinutes]

5. I discovered that webcam last week.. amazing (been cloudy the last couple of nights) N/t