Northern Lights - Allison Crowe song w. David Cartier images

Canadian singer-songwriter Allison Crowe performs this song at the 'John Lennon Northern Lights Festival' in Durness, Scotland.

Yukon-based David Cartier, Sr. shares his beautiful images of the Aurora Borealis on flickr @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/dcartiersr/sets/72157594420812359/

Here's what David says about this source of inspiration:

" When Men lack a sense of awe, There will be disaster "
- - - - Lao Tzu --- The Tao Teh Ching
Awe is what THIS is all about!!
The Aurora is an experience of breathtaking beauty... the viewing makes you feel like you are connected integrally with an amazing cosmic force ..... Aurora watching is as addictive as any drug and a whole lot more satisfying. Once you become addicted, you stay out all night, lose sleep, forget about social commitments, nearly get wind burned and frostbit and it's all, deeply, worth it !!
Every human being who can manage it should make a pilgrimage to the subarctic auroral zone in order to see and feel this at least once in their life.
Many of these were taken with an amazing old Russian Kiev-19 35mm SLR. This camera , which I still use for night sky photos, NEVER freezes up or has any shutter problems in the cold, even at minus 60!! The more expensive Japanese and German cameras which I own always, or at least often, stop functioning in the deep cold.

http://music.allisoncrowe.com/track/northern-lights

Rustically shimmering, "Northern Lights" opens up Allison Crowe's "Little Lights" album - a 2008 release which is the most guitar-oriented song collection among her CDs. Again Allison transmutes real life in this love song - inspired by sighting the Aurora Borealis. Lorette C. Luzajic, Toronto-based artist and culture-writer, calls it "the prettiest song that Sarah McLachlan never wrote."

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[Adrian22]

cool! there's 167 images and to include them all with a song of four minutes length, that's the necessary speed - the hope is you'll visit David Cartier's flickr page (linked in the video description here on YouTube) - there you can see all David's awe-inspired and inspiring images, and a slide show of his Aurora images!

[xAllie88x]

<3 <3 <3 <3 <3

[STANDYEU7]

nice )!

[solsist72]

SO BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And the shooting start just adds on!

[portinaribe]

Enchanting, mysterious, magical, fascinating ! ! ! !

thanx for posting.

[L1LM1SS4N93L]

northern lights are very kool to me :)

[PowderSpirit3]

aweeeeeeesome !!!

stunning visuals :) thankYOU

[sherrylynn70]

Thank you cjthemusicman for forwarding this to me..and, thank you so much for posting this..I have always wanted to see the aurora borealis..appreciate your time bringing this to us..

[bonol888]

I seen the Northen lights when i was 17 year old sailing from England to Canada. I thought we were heading into the Bermuda triangle. It was the most amazing light show. I am 47 now and still remember the event like it happened yesterday.

[Turkeysitar]

I've seen it once in new hampshire but havent for 5 years

[IloveLena284]

It's gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!!!