They tell you that you can’t see it from the city.

They tell you that to see the true power of the universe, you have to drive hours into the dark, away from the streetlamps and the neon and the noise. Usually, they are right. The orange haze of Calgary usually scrubs the sky clean of anything interesting.

But the other night, the universe decided to push back.

I was standing in the middle of the city, surrounded by the artificial glow of a million lightbulbs, when I looked up.

A tear in the sky.

It wasn’t just a faint smudge. It was a ribbon of electric green fire, twisting and dancing right over the rooftops. It didn’t care about the light pollution. It didn’t care about the traffic noise. It simply tore through the orange city haze like a razor.

There is something primal about seeing the Aurora Borealis. It stops you cold. You forget you are standing on a balcony in a modern city. For a few seconds, you are just a small creature on a rock, watching the solar wind slam into our atmosphere.

I caught the moment in the video below.

If you listen carefully, you will obviously hear the wind raging. But listen closer. Just a little closer.

You will hear the eerie sound of the Aurora Borealis whining across our evening sky.

It tears fear into my soul.

Tell Me Your Story 👇

I need to know I’m not the only one who gets froze in their tracks by this.

Have you ever seen the Northern Lights?

Was it a faint grey smear, or did you see the full color? Were you deep in the woods, or did you catch them fighting the city lights like I did?

Drop a comment below. I want to hear where you were when the sky woke up.

Bari Marcus Anthony