The heavens danced above me for two glorious hours. Pale green ribbons and curtains stretched from one horizon to the other, twisting and turning, coiling and stretching, and as one spectacle passed another would form ahead

Rob Hudson crew, Atlantic crossing, night of 26-27 Sept

Many words have been written about the Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights, but none of them do justice to what occurred last night. David WD was on watch from 2000 to 2200, and I was reading in the cabin while everyone else caught up on sleep. About 2130 I looked out the hatch and David said the lights were starting, and I could see curtains forming as I looked out through the deckhouse windows.

Then at 2200 I was at the helm while the heavens danced above me for two glorious hours. Pale green ribbons and curtains stretched from one horizon to the other, twisting and turning, coiling and stretching, and as one spectacle passed another would form ahead. Wow! The lights were bright enough to reflect off the sea, so it was not really dark at all, and Ursa Major was crystal clear behind. No traffic, a couple of lights on the shore as we passed a small settlement. Otherwise just me and the Northern Lights cruising at 6kts down the Greenland coast.”