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Last night, over the high latitudes of northern Canada, the sky reminded us who is really in charge. As we passed near Iqaluit, the darkness above the Arctic began to move. Curtains of green and violet light rose, folded, and dissolved again, four fleeting scenes from a phenomenon that is as old as the planet itself, yet never loses its ability to stop you mid-sentence. Iqaluit sits at the edge of the inhabitable world, on Baffin Island, shaped by ice, sea, and resilience. For centuries it has been home to Inuit communities whose understanding of sky, weather, and judgement was born not from instruments, but from survival. Long before satellites and forecasts, the heavens were both guide and warning. The aurora borealis is born far from here. Charged particles from the Sun stream toward Earth during periods of heightened solar activity, and this week’s geomagnetic storm has been an exceptional one. As those particles collide with our magnetic field and are funnelled toward the poles, they energise gases high in the atmosphere. Oxygen glows green. Nitrogen adds reds and purples. Space weather, rendered visible. What struck me wasn’t just the beauty… it was the contrast of our journey. Only hours after this show, our flight from London Heathrow Airport to Vancouver ended in forecast dense fog and a CAT III automatic landing. A very different natural phenomenon, demanding the same respect. One mesmerising and untouchable. The other invisible, operational, and decisive. I’m acutely aware of the privilege of seeing moments like this. Not everyone gets that view. Not everyone gets that choice. Feeling humbled. Four images. One planet. Many ways nature asks us to pay attention. #AuroraBorealis #NorthernLights #PilotLife #AvGeek #FlightDeckView #AboveTheClouds #Iqaluit #SpaceWeather #AviationLife #Judgement #LongHaul #EarthFromAbove #RareViews