The Alaskan Sky

(Misty Gott is a military dependent at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska)

Alaska is an amazing place with many beautiful sites, one being the picture perfect skies.  You never know what you might see when you look up.  A few weeks ago I was driving down the Richardson Highway and saw the most amazing sky.  It was a gorgeous shade of gold, something I don't think I've ever seen before.  It looked like golden rays piercing out from behind the few clouds in the sky.  While I was admiring the beautiful color, I caught a glimpse of a KC-135 cutting across my view...it look like a painting.  I must of stared at it for 2 miles.

Then a few nights after that, my husband and I were driving back from Fairbanks, I happened to look out the window and see the Aurora dancing across the sky.  For those of you who have never seen the Aurora, it is absolutely one of the most amazing things.   The only way I know how to describe it is a bright green visible gas drifting and twirling across the sky, with stars twinkling in the background.  Alaska has some of the most amazing skies I have ever seen.