Company in the Alaska Skies

Denail ~ Above the Clouds

Northern Lights ~ 35,000 feet

Northern lights at 35,000 feet.

Kiguguyat is the Inupiaq peoples word for the Northern Lights - the aurora. In the northernmost part of Alaska, the aurora is a welcome source of light when it appears. The aurora starts as a sun flare that sends solar winds to Earth and the energized particles in the winds then interact with gases in Earth’s magnetosphere and cause the synchronous lights at both poles.