Each year, the boundary between what is visible and what remains hidden shifts with the rhythms of solar weather and seasonal light. This Sunday night, NOAA has issued a quiet forecast — low probability of northern lights along the U.S.-Canada border, high probability in Alaska but obscured by the long twilight of late summer. It is a reminder that nature's grandest displays are governed not only by cosmic forces but by the humbler conditions of darkness, patience, and where one chooses to stand.