A white-ish blue spiral that appeared in the sky over Alaska today drew questions, speculation — and a simple explanation. 'It was kind of a shame to think of it as exhaust, I have to admit,” said Todd Salat, who photographed the swirl near Delta Junction.
Photographer Todd Salat made this photograph of a swirl in the sky while photographing the aurora near the Richardson Highway on April 15, 2023 at 1:52 a.m. Alaska time, with light from Delta Junction faintly visible in the distance.
— spent the next two hours making photos of the dancing auroras, all the while wondering what that spiral was. Hundreds of miles away from Salat, midwife Elizabeth Withnall in the Northwest Arctic community of Kotzebue was also outside in the wee hours of Saturday hoping to catch a glimpse of the northern lights, which were forecast to be bright overnight.
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