Maria Sahai Photography

Blood and fire falling to earth

There are so many adjectives I could use to describe the Northern Lights. But all of them would look pathetic comparing to the epic classical Roman report from 77 CE. It described the phenomena as "yawning" of the sky, accompanied by blood an fire falling to earth.

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There are so many adjectives I could use to describe the Northern Lights. But all of them would look pathetic comparing to the epic classical Roman report from 77 CE. It described the phenomena as "yawning" of the sky, accompanied by blood an fire falling to earth.