When I was teenager there were some winters with lively Northern Lights with bright colours. Tonight it wasn't that colourful, but otherwise this was one of the most mesmerizing things I've ever seen.

Directly above there was kind of a focus point; at a times it was like a shape of an angel, or a Maltese Cross, or a dome of light, an eye, or a protective hand. As usual, northern sky was the most active, but there were shapes of light to the east, west and south - getting dimmer and brighter in an unpredictable rhythm. And then there is this distant humminh space sound, which you can't be exactly sure if it is for real or just imagination. (Although, some years ago it was proven to exist by scientific field recordings of Norhern Lights emitting sounds)

I grabbed a bottle of rum and climbed to the rooftop of my house, which gave me nearly unobscured 360° view. The northern sky was dancing with a band of light, which shifted to different formations; clouds, candles, waves, curtains. And when it got more inactive, other parts of the sky lighted up with candle-like sticks reaching from the horizon to the focus point in the middle.

I came down (before getting drunk), and laid on my back on the snow, watching the show go on. The strange shape directly above had changed into something like a radiating pool of light. Or maybe it was like a gateway to another reality. Just looking at the stars and the Northern Lights a sense of perspective gets somewhat dizzy, and you can't exactly tell if the shapes are huge but far away or smaller but within reach - or, you feel like immersed into the show of lights. And the sounds, the space sounds humming with occasional tiny whistles.

Oh my. When it got more inactive I came indoors to write this and to warm up. Yup, at the daytime I thought that after uploading URW installers I should work with my book-keeping. But since this kind of Norhern Lights are rare, it sure changed my preferences. I'll take a sip more of the rum and go back outdoors to see if the sky got active again.

PS. Foreign adventurers are welcome to my place. Accommodation, food and beer is served for voluntary workers no problem.