Last year was the first time I witnessed a full-blown extravaganza of northern lights. The aurora borealis gave a spectacular show over the Great Lakes in 2024, and I was lucky to be there. It was everything you could imagine: awe-inspiring, exhilarating, and divine.
The lights seemed to emanate from the horizon, which made me recall a picture I’d once seen depicting a mythical moment from an epic poem. We find the hero Kalevipoeg sailing a silver ship to the edge of the world, where he and his companions encounter a celestial omen:
