I am curious as a friend just sent me the most awesome photos of the Northern Lights and Fire Rainbow over Yellow Knife, Canada. They were sent to her by a friend who was there when the spectacular Mother Nature show took place.

I of course knew about the Northern Lights. My mother saw them once when she was a girl but I have never even heard of the Fire Rainbow.

I wish I could share the photos with you as they are so beautiful.

Yellowknife (one word, not two) is the capital city of the Northwest Territories, about 400 km south of the Arctic Circle.

Yellowknife is in the Northwest Territories on Canada. To put it into perspective it would be due north of Edmonton, Alberta and about as far north as Anchorage Alaska. Hope that helps. I have seen the Northern lights when I was on an Alaskan cruise and also when visiting relatives in Edmonton. They are spectacular.

And to add some facts and figures to the information of the other posters:

If you drew a north-south line on the globe from Yellowknife. . . .

Edmonton to Yellowknife (almost due north) is 997 km or 619 miles (as the crow flies).

Calgary to Yellowknife (a little bit more due north than Edmonton-Yellowknife) is 1272 km or 790 miles (again, as the crow flies).

Billings, Montana (which is a bit east of Yellowknife's longitude) to Yellowknife) is 1900 km or 1181 miles.

Yellowknife is a town of about 20,000 people on one of North America's larger lakes (5th largest actually) = Great Slave Lake; mining is the big activity there (including a diamond mine).

Some websites to explore - there are many others, just search "Yellowknife":

http://www.yellowknife.worldweb.com/

http://www.northernfrontier.com/10_E...llowknife.html

My take on Yellowknife.
It's like up North,...way up North.
For somebody who loves Italy, pack your woolies. Maybe other peoples woolies too.
Ohh and if you go in summer, pack bugspray.

LOL icithecat, I think I guess the message!

Thank you dear Fodorites for the information. My friend has never been in Canada and when she sent me the photos that her friends had sent her she thought I was an "expert" regarding Canada (if only) and thus asked me.

I obviously not only didn't know where it was I didn't even know the proper spelling.

I will send this thread to my friend. Again, thank you!