Photo details: Canon 300D, ISO 800, 8 sec. f/3.5 with Canon 10-22m.m. at focal 10m.m.

The northern lights were bright over most of northwest Iowa.

Photo details: Canon 5D, ISO 800, 35 mm lens at F3.2 at 21 seconds.

We think the bright reds and greens of this aurora are perfect for the season! The aurora was initially an arc, but blossomed into curtains, spikes and waves that shimmered.

Photo details: Canon Digital Rebel, 18mm lens, 1600 ASA, 15s exposure

Photo details: Pentax K1000, 50mm lens, Fuji Superia 1600 exposed 20-30 seconds at f/2.8

Intense green and pink auroras covering all of the sky during peak activity. Especially early in the evening there were also red and blue aurora, although mostly invisible to the naked eye.

Photo details: Canon EOS 30D, EF-S 10-22 F3.5-4.5, ISO 400, ca 15s exposures.

Great auroras were visible even though there was a light cloud cover!

Photo details: Pentax *ist DS ISO 200 30s exposure.

I was out last night north of the town of Marshall - they appeared green to the naked eye but the camera picked up some other colors

These auoras covered 275 degrees of the sky. They flased directly overhead and the colors were visible by eye.

Photo details: Canon 350D Rebel XT, 1600ASA, 30 second expsoure

With all the clouds covering the Quebec, I was very lucky to see some green lights when the skies cleared for 30 minutes.