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A Calgary woman living with a serious lung condition said getting her first vaccine dose was like being released from prison, though she knows she’s not yet fully protected.
Nicki Perkins has already overcome the odds with cystic fibrosis by living to age 48 without a lung transplant.
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“When I went to get the vaccine on Saturday, it felt like I was out of jail and I’m looking around the world going, ‘This is what the rest of the world does? This is so weird,’ ” she said.
Citizen scientists help reveal new features of the mysterious aurora-like phenomenon called STEVE
Canadian aurora watchers were the first to spot the phenomenon and later provided critical images to researchers studying the aurora-like steaks in the night sky.
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Posted: Dec 11, 2020 6:12 PM ET | Last Updated: December 11, 2020
Taken at Little Kenosee Lake, Saskatchewan, this photo shows the tiny green streaks below STEVE, an aurora-like phenomenon in the sky similar to the better known aurora borealis.(Neil Zeller)