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October 22, 2017 Melanie Windridge

Emerald Freeways

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Emerald freeways dance above a tipi fire at Blachford Lake Lodge in Canada's North West Territories. By Hamilton Lund.

Emerald freeways dance above a tipi fire at Blachford Lake Lodge in Canada’s North West Territories. By Hamilton Lund.

A poem by Hamilton Lund, inspired by his trip to Blachford Lake Lodge in February 2017 with the Cloud Appreciation Society.

Emerald Freeways

This wind-river of magnetic night
reigns the deepest reaches of my realm
its searing source a burning heart
a breaking wave of silky rhythm
These emerald freeways of the frozen north
where the souls of earthlings soar
on satin wings and starlight
aloft a glowing path of awe

Hamilton Lund, photographer
Sydney, Australia

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Melanie Windridge Dr Melanie Windridge is a plasma physicist, speaker, writer… with a taste for adventure. She has a PhD in fusion energy, is Communications Consultant for fusion start-up Tokamak Energy, and has worked in education with the Ogden Trust, Anturus and the Your Life campaign. Melanie is an expert in the aurora and loves the mountains. She believes science and exploration go hand in hand. In 2018 she climbed Mount Everest.