Christy Turner

For an aurora borealis chaser like Christy Turner, seeing the dancing lights from an airplane window was something she had always wanted to do. While flying from Calgary, Alberta, to Paris in October, her dream finally came true. She savored the moment from 30,000 feet above Iceland. “My mother knows well how passionate I am about […]

Why this could be a good week to go Aurora hunting.

There’s a few reasons why astronomy enthusiasts keep tight-lipped about their aurora borealis predictions. One, saying it’s going to happen means it won’t (or so the superstition goes). Two, sightings are notoriously hard to predict, requiring a perfect recipe of solar activity to be visible. Three, conditions can change rapidly, and no one wants to

“As the war in Ukraine continues, many thousands of refugees have made their way to Alberta – relying on the generosity and hospitality of Albertans to establish a new life here. For Christy Turner, it was taking in one of those refugees that taught her what an incredible gift it is to help others.”- CBC

For years, a group of aurora chasers across Alberta have been photographing a curious ribbon of purple and green light in their night skies. Extending for thousands of kilometres and appearing for just a few minutes to an hour at a time, these Alberta Aurora Chasers captured this celestial phenomenon in their photographs not quite