Eternal Night’s Lantern

Imagine yourself as a solitary explorer experiencing the Northern Lights for the first time.

This prompt asks the writer to deeply probe the emotions, thoughts, and sensory details that could accompany a solitary explorer’s first encounter with the Northern Lights. Exploiting descriptive language, strive to capture the awe, bewilderment, wonder, loneliness, or even fear that such an experience might induce. Reflect on how that sight might reshape their thoughts on nature, the universe, or their own existence.