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OCR: intrepid explarer who had close association with the South American expe ditions launched between 1849 and 1853 the United States Navy Aurora Borealis, painting that Churth completed in 1865 is another remarkable im- age of a celestial phenomenon. Painted during December 1864 the final vear of the American Civil War this rendition of the northern lights disposes the observer symbolically toward the North where spectacular display of light aver northem landscape is revealed Although the picture attempts to pre sent an eyewitness account af the lights, it actually borrows its moun tainous setting from an image by Isaac Haves showing the northermmost landscape of the Arctic circle, which Hayes had visited several years earlier To a significant extent the explora tory expeditions conducted br ...