Ep 4

So I don't know.

Part of me thinks that I could have some presence in Alaska even after I graduate from University of Alaska Fairbanks, maybe a cabin or some sort of place up here where I can just go during the winter and see the Aurora whenever I want.

But

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cool thing about space weather is that there's a lot of industries that rely upon it.

So a lot of different career opportunities, thankfully.

Yeah.

Yeah, that's interesting.

I haven't really thought about it like that, but that's, it's true.

And that's also what makes, I feel like hunting for the Aurora so exciting is because the predictions, I mean, there are good predictions, but it, you know, some nights, you know, it'll tell you there's no chance of seeing it and, and it just, the sky explodes.

Yeah, I mean, that's kind of what I like about aurora chasing, and I feel like a good segue into the travel part of it is that you never know what you're going to get.

You can come up to Fairbanks, and you can have clear skies for the entire week, and the aurora activity just might not be the best.

You'll still see it, and I'm sure you can mention your own experience, but the best the clouds, right? That's another factor, but yeah, some nights are just amazing.

Like the last couple of nights we've had up here have just been spectacular last few nights really.

Um, and so like, you know, I think there's, there's also just a lot of opportunities to improve our forecasts of Aurora, help out people who want to travel up to Fairbanks, you know, give them better predictions.

Um, there's just a lot of things that I'm passionate about.

And part of it too, is like, there's still that mystery of the Aurora.

Um, you know, it's, we're just never going to be able to understand it completely.

It's just like a wild animal.

Um, You can observe its patterns and behaviors and get a sense of what's going to happen, but you still don't know every single time what the outcome is going to be.

Yeah, exactly.

I literally could not have said it any better.

And I think that's why like I love going and looking for like endangered animals and, you know, looking for wildlife and naturally occurring things.

And I think that's why that's what draws me so much to it, because it's one of those things where it's like you never know what you're going to get and it's not guaranteed.

And it makes when you do see it or you see like an incredible display, it really makes it like all the more special that you're.