Liora Venn joined one of the first small groups allowed into Veyra's ice cavern: a slow descent, a lake beneath clear ice, cliffs full of light and a silence nobody wanted to break.
Where to start, what to look for and how to train your eyes: a first-night route round the Lantern's regions from Brightwater, from the Twin Fires to the faint Veil.
For eleven years Mira Calloway has kept the telescopes on Veyra's dark side. She talks about Lantern nights, the cold, and why the faint real thing beats the pictures.
At Veyra's south pole, ice sprays into space from long fractures called the Tiger Lines. A guided walk across the geyser field, the rhythm of the plumes and why you want to see them backlit.
