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Martin68

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10. Thanks for sharing. I witnessed marvelous light show in the early 70s while wilderness canoeing in northern Ontario.

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I paddled out into the middle of a lake with two friends and lay down in the bottom of the canoe to watch the incredible display of light and color. Got up and walked out our tent to pee late in the night to see a completely different spectacle. I think the thing that stuck with me was the incredible silence that accompanied the fireworks above.

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