Budding photographers prep for strong winter aurora

The northern lights are bright over Alaska this winter. And those with a little luck, knowledge and patience can keep their views all year long.
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Phone courtesy UAF Geophysical Institute.
It’s 10:30 Tuesday night in a parking area below the Warren Ames Memorial Bridge over the Kenai River. The lights of Kenai twinkle to the north, but the only immediate light comes from the occasional passing car and the sporadic burst of a flashlight clicked on to check camera