PHOTO OF THE DAY May 30, 2005  

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Where Northwest Territories, Canada
When 2000
Photographer Raymond Gehman

"With infinite wilderness overhead, a traveler's tent lit from within turns into a starship navigating the northern lights. Contrary to widely held belief, the aurora borealis is not strictly a phenomenon of winter lights in the Arctic. It paints summer skies as well, and can occur as far south as Yellowstone."

—From the National Geographic book Yellowstone to Yukon, 2000


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